The Sick Body: Illness, Medicine, and Mourning in Italian Culture
ITAL 230
Spring 2027
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This course approaches Italian literature and film through the lens of the medical humanities, examining how illness and mourning are narrated across time. From plague narratives and early medical thought to modern psychiatry, institutional care, and the AIDS crisis, the course explores how bodily vulnerability is shaped by cultural beliefs, social norms, and medical practices. Literary texts and visual materials -- including anatomical studies and film -- invite students to consider illness not only as a biological condition but as a lived experience structured by gender, sexuality, class, religion, and power. |
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Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RLAN |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (College of Letters)(Italian Studies) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
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