Bodies and Words

Three credits · Undergraduate

What does it mean to put bodies into narrative? How does literature figure the body and how have literary forms and figures been taken up in other fields concerned with bodies? To answer these questions, the course will draw both on literature and other fields (medicine, psychology, the use of science to support racialized or racist discourse) that have scripted bodies in a variety of ways. Topics will vary from year to year. Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or 111, 112 or equivalent. Three credits.