The Body in Early English Literature

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This course will examine diverse representations of the body in early English literature, paying particular attention to the way that bodies are gendered, racialized, spiritualized, pathologized, and politicized. The body is used as a powerful metaphor, and powerful things happen when metaphors are applied to it. We will especially focus on ways that non-normative bodies - bodies that bleed, get sick, give birth, are not white, or act in disorderly ways - challenge and even change the status quo. (Meets Magis Intersections requirement). P: Magis Critical Issues in Human Inquiry course.