Romantic and Victorian Disability

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course investigates the cultural and literary meanings attached to disabled bodies and minds in Romantic and Victorian Literature. We will explore topics such as communication, inclusion, medical attitudes, social stigma, life narratives, bodily representation, intellectual impairment, madness, deafness, community and collective culture, empowerment and disempowerment, deviance, and difference. The course is organized around broad themes. It includes disabled writers and provides an introduction to disability studies approaches to literary analysis.