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.