Jean Franzino
May 22, 2026 · Historical comment
Class is quite repetitive and, honestly, harder than you would expect. Still interesting, but a decent amount of reading
ENGL2212 · English
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
This course will use contemporary literature as a springboard to consider the psychological, social, ethical, and experiential dimensions of sickness and health. In addition to exploring questions of illness and the body, we will address topics including disability, aging, pregnancy, pain, medical space, illness and culture, and care giving. Through the analysis of novels, poems, short stories and non-fiction, we will consider the way that bodily experiences, material conditions, and cultural constructions of normalcy shape our understanding of identity in sickness and in health.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.7 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.5 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.6 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.6 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~4.5
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Professor, English Department
4.9 / 5
4.8 / 5
Assistant Professor of the Practice, English Department
4.7 / 5
4.6 / 5
Associate Dean, Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
4.3 / 5
4.3 / 5
Part Time Faculty, English Department
4.4 / 5
4.3 / 5
Professor, English Department
4.8 / 5
4.7 / 5
Assistant Professor of the Practice, English Department
3.5 / 5
3.6 / 5
Student perspective
Recovered and new anonymous comments are shown as written and may reflect different course formats.
May 22, 2026 · Historical comment
Class is quite repetitive and, honestly, harder than you would expect. Still interesting, but a decent amount of reading
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
1 sectionFall 2024
2 sectionsSpring 2024
2 sectionsFall 2023
2 sectionsSpring 2023
2 sectionsFall 2022
2 sectionsSpring 2022
2 sectionsFall 2021
2 sectionsSpring 2021
1 sectionFall 2020
2 sectionsSpring 2020
1 section