Profilkurs: Narrating Madness in Literature and Culture
7,5 hp
Om kursen
This course will survey depictions of madness in western literature from the Middle Ages to the present (all texts will be read in modern English translation). While locating texts within their contemporary contexts as far as religion, gender and medicine, the course will engage with significant modern theoretical discussions of madness and creativity as offered by Foucault, Freud and others.
The language of instruction is English. All mandatory literature is in English.
The course can be studied as a separate course at master’s level, or as part of a master’s programme.
