Author
Okolocha; H. Obiageli ; Sallah; Tijan M. ; Gambo; Sani ; Negri; Alexandra ; Ehanire; Benedicta Adeola ; Diouf; Christophe S�k�ne ; Uwa; John ; Ahumibe; Nonye Chinyere ; Isiguzo; Chikwurah Destiny ; Mushakavanhu; Tinashe ; Roy; Paramita Routh ; Kasimma ; Adebiyi-Adelabu; Kazeem ; Bacon; Eugen M. ; Mohammed; Razinat Talatu
Year
2022
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer
Language
English
Pages
12
Last Update
20-Aug-2025
Keywords
Language & Literature ; African Studies ; Cultural Studies
The representation of disease or illness in literature can be sobering, distressing, illuminating, pedagogic, relieving, or even controversial depending on what the writer makes of it or what the reader gleans from it. For writers seeking escape from loneliness, social isolation, or depression resulting from some pathology, writing about such an experience may be soothing and relieving. Medical personnel can draw illumination and pedagogic values from reading illness narratives, while a patient that is reading a story may be agitated by the contents of the story to the point of despair. Perhaps the multiplicity of benefits or responses to a...
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