ENGL 132 - Writing Medicine and the Doctor-Writer

Institution:

Wesleyan University

Subject:

English

Description:

In this course we read a range of works across a variety of literary traditions, mainly by writers who were also medical practitioners (including Chekhov, Bulgakov, Lu Xun, William Carlos Williams, Che Guevara), but also nondoctors who write compellingly about medically-related subjects (Camus in THE PLAGUE, Tracy Kidder on Paul Farmer, Anne Fadiman on cultural clashes).

Credits:

1.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Discus/recit

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Institution Website:

www.wesleyan.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 685-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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