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| ENGL 43900 - Topics In Disability Studies |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Explores cultural, social, and political meanings and effects of disability in relation to literature and/or rhetoric. Specific topics will vary. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: English Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 1 times Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of different models for understanding disability. 2. Understand ways normalcy is socially constructed. 3. Identify cultural practices that exclude disabled people. 4. Compare and contrast disability with other identity categories such as race, gender, and sexuality. 5. Discuss ways in which culture defines disability as impairing one's subjectivity and even humanity. 6. Analyze literary representations of disabled characters. 7. Examine the role of disability in literary works more broadly. |
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