ENGL 357
Other Worlds: Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Mystery
(The specific content of this course changes from semester to semester. This time:)
The Gothic
NOTE: This is representative of the syllabi for this course. It is not necessarily the syllabus being used in any one semester.
part 1. gothic beginnings
9/5 introduction, the sentimental novel
9/12 Castle of Otranto (all)
A Philosophical Inquiry parts 1& 2
9/19 Zofloya chapters 1-18
A Philosophical Inquiry part 3 sec. 20-27,
part 4 sec. 1-19, part 5
9/26 Zofloya chapters 19-33
Northanger Abbey chapters 1-10
10/3 Northanger Abbey chapters 11-31
paper #1 due topic: chose one passage from ontranto or zofloya and describes how it illustrates one of burke's theories 2-3 pages.
part 2. monsters real & imagined
10/10 Frankenstein chapters 1-12
10/17 Frankenstein chapters 13-24
The Vampyre all
A Fragment all
10/24 Tenant of Wildfell Hall chapters 1-17
10/31 Tenant of Wildfell Hall chapters 18-33
11/7 Tenant of Wildfell Hall chapters 34-53
paper #2 due topic: psychoanalysis of a
character from eitherFrankenstein or Tenant of Wildfell Hall
11/14 Carrnilla all
selected stories
11/21 Dracula 1-12
11/28 Dracula 13-27
12/5 Rebecca all
12/12 wrap-up film
final paper due topic: choose a
contemporary author and
explain how she or he
uses gothic elements or
representation.
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