SYLLABUS Literature & Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Health Care The for Primary Care Innovation 2014 Suzanne J. Koven Facilitator: Liaison: Emma Jeffries (Email: , 617-643-9262) Hospital East Garden Room and Simches 3130 (March only) Locations: Tuesdays, 5:30 7:30 Day and Time: – Books are on loan from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and will be used for future programs. Please treat them with care, refrain from writing in them, and return them to your liaison by the end of the seminar series. You will be charged the replacement cost of any book you fail to return, plus a service charge of $ 10.00 Starred(*) texts are available online. Session 1, January 14: When a Child is Ill Miah Arnold, “You Owe Me” (essay)* Alice Munro, (essay)* Dear Life) “Night” (in (in (essay)* An Enlarged Heart) Cynthia Zarin, “An Enlarged Heart” Session 2, February 4: From Atrocity to Healing Tracey Kidder, (nonfiction) Strength in What Remains Session 3, March 4: The Family Drama Arthur Miller, (play) Death of A Salesman (essay)* David Sedaris, “Now We Are Five” Session 4, April 1: Disability and Identity A (essay)* Nancy Mairs, “On Being Cripple” in Far From the Tree)* Andrew Solomon “Deaf” (book chapter (scanned in slightly out of order, pages 70-84 are at the end) Session 5, May 13: Healing the Healer Graham Greene, (novel) A Burnt Out Case Session 6, June 3: Madness and Genius Sylvia Nasar, (biography) A Beautiful Mind Sylvia Plath, “Lady Lazarus” (poem)* * pw: humanities@massgeneral
SYLLABUS Literature & Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Health Care The for Primary Care Innovation 2014 Facilitator: Suzanne J. Koven Hospital Liaison: Emma Jeffries (Email: , 617-643-9262) Locations: East Garden Room and Simches 3130 (March only) Day and Time: Tuesdays, 5:30 – 7:30 Books are on loan from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and will be used for future programs. Please treat them with care, refrain from writing in them, and return them to your liaison by the end of the seminar series. You will be charged the replacement cost of any book you fail to return, plus a service charge of $ 10.00 Starred(*) texts are available online. Session 1, January 14: When a Child is Ill Miah Arnold, “You Owe Me” (essay)* Alice Munro, “Night” (in Dear Life) (essay)* Cynthia Zarin, “An Enlarged Heart” (in An Enlarged Heart) (essay)* Session 2, February 4: From Atrocity to Healing Tracey Kidder, Strength in What Remains (nonfiction) Session 3, March 4: The Family Drama Arthur Miller, Death of A Salesman (play) David Sedaris, “Now We Are Five” (essay)* Session 4, April 1: Disability and Identity Nancy Mairs, “On Being A Cripple” (essay)* Andrew Solomon “Deaf” (book chapter in Far From the Tree)* (scanned in slightly out of order, pages 70-84 are at the end) Session 5, May 13: Healing the Healer Graham Greene, A Burnt Out Case (novel) Session 6, June 3: Madness and Genius Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind (biography) Sylvia Plath, “Lady Lazarus” (poem)* * pw: humanities@massgeneral