2022-2023 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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EN 206 - Major Writers: Gender, Culture, and Madness

(3.00 cr.)

A study of the foundational connections between literature and psychology, this course explores the relationship between creativity and mental illness. Throughout history and across cultures, the label of "madness" has often been applied to women and men whose gender identities, emotions, and behaviors fall outside social norms. Through case studies of American authors, many of whom were hospitalized for mental illness, the course examines how gender constructs and values continue to shape definitions of mental health and illness.  For PY majors, it fulfills a Category VI requirement. Same course as PY 270 .

Prerequisite: EN 101  and PY 101  .   
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies

Interdisciplinary Studies: IG/IHE



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