Madness, Past and Present

Module code: COM5065

Credits: 15.0
Semester: SEM1

Contact: Dr Annabel Cox

This module examines how madness has been constructed and represented in western culture from the late Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. It looks at the medical and popular notions of madness prevailing at crucial historical moments, and analyses the ways in which the main themes related to madness (fragmentation, folly, lovesickness, alienation, melancholy, delusion, derangement) have been explored and exploited in a wide selection of genres, such as autobiography, diary writing, the novel, the short story, epic poetry, theatre and film.

Connected course(s): UDF DATA
Assessment: 90.0% Coursework, 10.0% Examination
Level: 5