ILC 272 Depression, Trauma, & Literature
An Integrative Learning Course for which students
receive
CORE credit in both Arts and Letters:
Literature and Social Science.
A Discerning Eye: Depression, Trauma and Madness
in Literature.
How do we diagnose a mental illness? How are
symptoms of mental illness portrayed in
literature? Depression, Trauma and Madness
will examine the ways in which
psychology and literature both overlap and diverge
on the subject of mental illness. The course will
consist of a conversation between literary texts
that portray mental illnesses and psychologists'
current understanding of those illnesses. The
course will focus on comparing and contrasting
current diagnostics for many common psychological
disorders and how certain disorders are reflected
in the literature. The course will have distinct
units with specific texts used to highlight
important aspects of depression, trauma and
madness.
Prerequisite
Take CORE-110 or HNR-150. Take 1 OC, oral communications course. Take TH-101 previously or concurrently. Take 1 PR, philosophical reasoning course previously or concurrently.
Course Types
ILC, LIT, SS
Distribution
ILC, LIT, SSOffered
Even Year, Spring