Sections offered SPRING 2021:
#30971 |
JOANNA NIZYNSKA |
T 4:55-7:25pm |
SW 007 |
CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd S&H credit; COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
Above class meets In Person. For more information visit https://fall2020.iu.edu/learning-modes/
What is trauma and traumatic experience? What is posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? How does trauma affect the formation of personal and collective memory? How is trauma transmitted transgenerationally? How do literature, film, and art convey traumatic experiences? What is the relationship between the aesthetic “form” and traumatic “content”? In this course, we will study the cultural dimension of the complex phenomenon we call “trauma” and try to understand it better by analyzing theory, literature, film, and visual arts coming from different cultural settings. No prerequisites. All works in English translation.