FREN 051. Littérature et médecine

We will study portrayals of doctors and their interactions with patients in works by authors such as Molière, Flaubert, and Proust-hence, this course also functions as a general introduction to French literature. What is at stake when physicians interact with patients? How can patients exist both as human beings and as objects of science? We will seek to understand how the dialogue between doctors and patients exists as a text, and how literature can be understood as therapeutic. At the end of the semester, students will meet with a "real," practicing physician to draw further conclusions from their readings.

Taught in French.
Prerequisite: FREN 015 or with instructor permission.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Fall 2023. Blanchard.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: French and Francophone Studies
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/french-francophone-studies

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