May 2021 – According to the Arts

Tourette Syndrome:
The Biomedical and The Literary

According to the art: Here I compare biomedical and literary text describing Tourette syndrome. The biomedical text from a neurology journal describes the characteristic tics and behaviors while the literary text from a Jonathan Lethem novel more vividly describes signs and symptoms, and describes how Tourette syndrome can affect lives.

How The Plague Spreads:
The Biomedical and The Literary

Projects So That I Can Say More

According to the art: I juxtapose a compressed biomedical explanation of how the plague spreads from a prominent medical journal with excerpts from O’Farrell’s novel where she describes how the plague reached and infected her two young characters.