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Spring 2013 Comparative Literature and Society BC3170 section 001 TRANSLATING MADNESS | |
| Call Number | 06349 |
| Day & Time Location |
TR 2:40pm-3:55pm 327 Milbank Hall (Barnard) |
| Points | 3 |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Masha C Mimran |
| Type | LECTURE |
| Course Description | Examines the discursive exchanges between fictional and scientific accounts of "madness," with an emphasis on how modern literature renders the new diagnostic discourse and how literary portrayals of "madness" were "translated back" into the diagnostic language of psychology. Discussions revolve around the "medical gaze" and its influence on the writers' literary style, motifs and technique; relevant questions concern interdisciplinary issues such as the relationship between genre and case study; hysteria and sexuality; gender construction and psychoanalysis. Readings include texts by Flaubert, Wilde, Daudet, Sacher-Masoch; excerpts from Freud, Charcot, Foucault, Deleuze; and visual documents. |
| Web Site | CourseWorks |
| Department | Comparative Literature and Society @Barnard |
| Enrollment | 17 students as of 11:44PM Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
| Subject | Comparative Literature and Society |
| Number | BC3170 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | Barnard College |
| Open To | Barnard, Columbia College, Engineering and Applied Science, General Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Science |
| Campus | Barnard College |
| Section key | 20131CPLS3170X001 |
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