Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Doctor, doctor...

Next term the Science and Literature Reading Group will focus on a series of short stories about doctors, as chosen by Daniel Friesner (many thanks for all his help!). Most of the texts are available online (follow the links below), and photocopies will be available in the Whipple Library box file from the beginning of term. We meet, as usual, on alternate Mondays from 7.30-9pm in the upstairs seminar room at Darwin College. Please contact Melanie Keene (mjk32) if you have any questions about the group, or if you would like to volunteer to introduce one of the sessions.

Monday 29 January
Anton Chekhov, "Anyuta" (1886) and "A Doctor's Visit" (1898)

Monday 12 February
Franz Kafka, "A Country Doctor" (1919)

Monday 26 February
Ernest Hemingway, "Indian Camp" (1925) and "A Day's Wait" (1936)

Monday 12 March
William Carlos Williams, "The Use of Force" (1938) and "The Girl with a Pimply Face" (1938)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The link for the "Use of Force" connects to the Hemingway story again. Please amend.

P. Kellmeyer said...

Hi,
I really enjoyed the meeting yesterday.
Following up on a comment on Stanislav Lem, his first novel (written in 1948 and published in 1955) is called "Hospital of the Transfiguration" in English. Some information on this work can be found at:
* http://www.lem.pl/english/dziela/szpital/szpitalpl.htm
* http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEED71039F933A05753C1A96E948260

Looking forward to the next meeting,
Philipp