Narrative Ethics: Literary Texts and Moral Issues in Medicine

Readings

SES #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Introduction to Narrative Ethics	Selections from pathographies, poetry, and autobiography.
2	Integrity in Death and Dying	Edson, Margaret. Wit. Hall, Donald. Without. Kenyon, Jane. Otherwise.
3	Imagining Otherness	Kafka, Franz. The Metamorphosis. Carver, Raymond. Cathedral.
4	Narrative Repair	Carver, Raymond. A Small Good Thing. Chekhov, Anton. Misery. Moore, Lorrie. People Like That Are the Only People Here.
5	Culture and Perspective	Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye.
6	Responding to Suffering	Selzer, Richard. Imelda. Selection from: O’Connor, Flannery. A Memoir of Mary Ann.
7	Illness and Being	Salzman, Mark. Lying Awake.
8	Wounded Healers	Mates, Susan Onthank. Laundry. Williams, William Carlos. The Doctor Stories. Wilder, Thornton. The Angel That Troubles the Waters.