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Module code:HMEDG008(Add to my personalised list)
Title:Medicine in Literature
Credit value:15
Division:Division of Biosciences
Module organiser:Stephanie Eichberg
Organiser's location:Medical Sciences Building
Organiser's email:s.eichberg@ucl.ac.uk
Available for students in Year(s):
Module prerequisites:This is available to postgraduate Masters students only  
Module outline:This course explores literature at the intersection of history and philosophy of medicine. We will discuss in how far literary representations can reflect subjective experiences of illness and suffering, the view of patients and practitioners in different historical contexts, and the impact of science on understandings of the body. Readings for the course include not only novels but also other creative literary representations of medicine, such as short stories, plays and poetry. 
Module aims:The module aims to • provide new perspectives on literature as a source for historical and contemporary understandings of medicine • evaluate critically what literature can teach us about the history of medicine and how medicine in history shaped literary responses to death and disease • reflect on changing views of illness and the body • show how knowledge of the specific historical context can reveal different layers of a story 
Module objectives:By the end of this course students will: have deepened their understanding of the medical history of Europe and the history of its reading and writing in the 19th and 20th century have acquired new perspectives on approaching both literature as historical source and history as literature have learned the ability to review knowledge with critical awareness, insight and originality and to make cognate connections between historical context and literary production.  
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Module timetable:https://cmis.adcom.ucl.ac.uk:4443/timetabling/moduleTimet.do?firstReq=Y&moduleId=HMEDG008 
Module assessment:2 essays 100.00%.
 
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Taking this module as an option?: 
Link to virtual learning environment(registered students only)https://moodle.ucl.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3967 
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