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CS92PROD
Writing Medicine and the Doctor-Writer

ENGL 132
Spring 2022 not offered
Crosslisting: CGST 132
Course Cluster and Certificates: Health Studies

In this course students 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, and Che Guevara), but also nondoctors who write compellingly about medically related subjects (Camus in THE PLAGUE, Tracy Kidder on Paul Farmer, and 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)

Last Updated on DEC-12-2024
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