# ENGL 543: Discourses of Disability, Antiquity to 1800 | UW–Madison

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### departments

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| URBRPL    | 60    |
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### title

DISCOURSES OF DISABILITY, ANTIQUITY TO 1800

### description

Concepts of physical disability from antiquity to the Renaissance. Literary theory, philosophy, and history will help frame thinking about how disability is produced. Along with considering how canonical texts represent disabled figures, class will investigate the generic, social, and spatial contexts from which these representations arise.

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### llm summary

Examines concepts of physical disability from antiquity to the Renaissance through literary and historical lenses.

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* Physical disability from antiquity to the Renaissance
* Representation of disabled figures in canonical texts

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* Frame thinking about disability production using literary theory, philosophy, and history
* Investigate generic, social, and spatial contexts of disability representations

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* literary theory disability history
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## context

### all

#### term



#### gpa

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#### count

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#### university

##### size

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##### gpa Percentile

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##### count Percentile

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##### median Count

89

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| 1.6–2.0 | 0     | false   |
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| 2.4–2.8 | 9     | false   |
| 2.8–3.2 | 232   | false   |
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##### term

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##### gpa

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##### departments

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#### 1194

##### term

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##### gpa

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##### count

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##### departments

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#### 1204

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#### 1252

##### term

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##### gpa

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##### count

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#### 1262

##### term

1262

##### gpa

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### benchmarks

#### all

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###### gpa

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###### count

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###### size

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###### gpa

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#### terms

##### 1164

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###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

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###### ENGL

###### size

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###### gpa

3.619961535236451

###### top Share

81.7862364552537

###### count

57.5

##### 1194

###### school

###### size

1040

###### gpa

3.4906527436719808

###### top Share

71.74728845515045

###### count

67

###### ENGL

###### size

24

###### gpa

3.6507747882551214

###### top Share

82.73946179655877

###### count

71

##### 1204

###### school

###### size

1012

###### gpa

3.703747431523761

###### top Share

84.59811226304916

###### count

65.5

###### ENGL

###### size

28

###### gpa

3.8294803151197585

###### top Share

93.52830497796533

###### count

64.5

##### 1252

###### school

###### size

1333

###### gpa

3.619494049739118

###### top Share

79.71442190500672

###### count

69

###### ENGL

###### size

33

###### gpa

3.761149335234773

###### top Share

89.47012938420905

###### count

63

##### 1262

###### school

###### size

1320

###### gpa

3.628825763035853

###### top Share

80.21118846327654

###### count

70

###### ENGL

###### size

30

###### gpa

3.7775944512371593

###### top Share

90.3272080587068

###### count

73.5

## instructor Trends

```json
[
  {
    "uid": "instructor_e426ee5889972489b7a57926",
    "name": "ELIZABETH BEARDEN",
    "count": 83,
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      }
    ]
  }
]
```

## following

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