Focusing on the emerging importance of studying critical medical humanities, the Department of English and Humanities at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) recently organized an exclusive seminar and workshop at its Mohammadpur main campus in the capital.
Titled "Physical Wounds in Literature: A Talk and Workshop on Critical Medical Humanities in 21st Century Bangladesh," the workshop was conducted by Farah Binte Bashir Dolon, a researcher in Medical Humanities and MA student in Comparative Literature at the University of Hyderabad in India.
Physical disabilities and sickness result in mental trauma and disturbance in everyday physical, social, and financial aspects that are reflected in contemporary literature across the globe. The 21st century is witnessing an increasing number of people suffering from psychological illness that has crossed the limits of medical sciences and entered the humanities arena, according to the researcher.
The relationship between psychological illness and physical illness, which has existed since prehistoric times, is prominently portrayed in postmodern literature and Franz Kafka’s works are noteworthy in this regard.