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Illness, Image, Metaphor: Cancer in Public Discourse - Period 4

Honors Program Program
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dates: late Jan 2026 - late Jun 2026

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Illness, Image, Metaphor: Cancer in Public Discourse - Period 4

Illness, Image, Metaphor: Cancer in Public Discourse - Period 4 Course Overview

OVERVIEW

CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Subject Area: English Language & Literature
Instruction in: English
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 84

DESCRIPTION

Illness as Metaphor is a nonfiction work written by Susan Sontag and published in 1978. She wrote it during her own fight against breast cancer and challenged the "blame the victim" mentality behind the language society often uses to describe diseases and those who suffer from them. This course focuses on metaphors and images of cancer and their effect in reality. We will investigate the ways in which these metaphors and images influence the way we think about and understand the reality of the disease.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) awards credits based on the ECTS system. Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA?s recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.

This is an Honors course.

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