Fall 2021  |  SPAN 3807 Section 001: Medical Humanities and Latin American Film: Narratives of Health, Illness & Trauma (33891)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Partially Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Enrollment Requirements:
Span 3104W or Span 3104V or Tldo 3104W or Argn 3104W or Span 3105W or Tldo 3105W or Span 3105V
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021
Mon 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, St Paul
McNeal Hall 395
 
09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021
Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, St Paul
UMN ONLINE-HYB
Enrollment Status:
Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
In this course, we will study the representations of health, illness, and trauma in Latin American films. We will focus on the different ways in which the moving image account for different stories and perspectives. We will pay particular attention to the use of the camera in relation to the stories told by the different characters of the film, in particular, doctors and health workers, patients and their families. We will focus on the process of storytelling of illness and trauma, and on the essential role that the study of cultural and socio-political frameworks have in the study of narratives. Our objective will be to explore the visual, acoustic and narrative strategies through which pain, illness, trauma, and death are represented, as well as the role of those who listen to these narratives (friends, family, health professionals and, of course, ourselves as spectators) in the process of interpretation (and the cultural aspects of interpretation). In this course, students will reflect on the human condition, and in the use of storytelling to understand and communicate one's life story, focusing on the moments in which that the experience of illness or trauma interrupts and transforms a life story. Students will work in groups to create narratives based on the films studied in class and to analyze films (and their own narratives) with critical approaches coming from, visual and acoustic studies, philosophy, literary studies, and narrative medicine. prereq: A Grade of C- or better in SPAN 3104W or SPAN 3104V or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or TLDO 3105W or SPAN 3105V or instr consent
Class Notes:
Meets Monday 9:45-11:00 in person and Wednesday Online synchronous
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33891/1219

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