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CS92PROD
Writing Medicine and the Doctor-Writer


ENGL 132
Fall 2016
Section: 01  
Certificates: Writing
Course Cluster: Health Studies

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).
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL
Course Format: DiscussionGrading Mode: Graded
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL-Creative W)(ENGL-Literature)
Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available

Last Updated on DEC-06-2024
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