Folly & Enlightenment: Madness Before and After the Mind/Body Split
COL 254
Spring 2022
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| Course Cluster and Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate |
This course examines a variety of ways in which madness has been conceptualized in literary and philosophical texts. Through close readings of classical, early modern, and modern works we will consider forms of human disquiet which have been framed as amorous rapture, poetic furor, the wisdom of folly, visionary experience, satiric subversion, apotheosis, and enlightenment. We will reconsider Foucault's observation that madness is contingent on society by exploring the ways in which perceivably mad characters interact with the limits of their social restrictions and the boundaries of consciousness in order to reveal truths and manifest new outcomes. Special attention will be paid to relationship between insanity and intellect. What is madness? What does it reveal to us about ourselves and our worlds? How does the history of madness inform our understanding of contemporary discourse on mental health and psychic well-being? |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA COL |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (COL)(CSCT) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Euripides. BACCHAE
Plato. PHAEDRUS
Shakespeare. HAMLET
Cervantes. THE LICENCIATE OF GLASS
Descartes. MEDITATIONS ON FIRST PHILOSOPHY
Calderón. LIFE IS A DREAM
Rimbaud. THE DRUNKEN BOAT
Woolf. THE WAVES
Foucault. HISTORY OF MADNESS
Derrida. COGITO AND THE HISTORY OF MADNESS
Sulaiman. COGITO
del Toro. PAN'S LABYRINTH
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly short Moodle posts. Two short papers and a final paper. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
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| Instructor(s): Ponce-Hegenauer,Gabrielle Piedad Times: ..T.R.. 10:20AM-11:40AM; Location: BOGH110; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 14 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 2 | | |
| Seats Available: -1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 3 | FR: 2 |
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