Course Policies
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Introduction to Literary Origins & Key Concepts
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August
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17
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Introduction
to course, policies, etc.
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Terror,
Horror, and the Grotesque: Oates, "Reflections of
the
Grotesque" |
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The
Gothic - Edgar Allan Poe, "Berenice"
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24
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The
Horror Within
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Reading: Stevenson, "The
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"; Jack the Ripper
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Group
Discussion Leaders #1 |
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Introduce "Horror" vs. "Terror"
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31
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The Uncanny
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Reading:
Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House;
Freud, "The
Uncanny" (at least through Part I) |
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Group
Discussion Leaders #2 |
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Discuss Short Essay #1
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| September |
Brief History of the Horror Film Genre
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7
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LABOR DAY - No Classes
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Short Essay #1 Due On-line by 5:00 pm on
Wednesday, September 9th
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14
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Early
Film Horror and the
Monster
[In-class Screening:
Nosferatu
(Murnau, 1922)] |
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Reading:
Wells, The Horror Genre,
Chapter 2 (p.36-56)
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Week's Film: The Bride of Frankenstein (Whale,
1935)
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Recommended
Reading: Stoker, Dracula excerpt, Chapters
2&3 |
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Group Discussion Leaders #3 |
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21
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Post-War
Fears
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Reading: Horror
Genre, Chapter 2 (p.56-73)
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Week's
Film: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
(Siegel, 1956)
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Recommended
Reading: Sontag, "Notes
on 'Camp'"
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Group Discussion Leaders #4
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28
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Heading
into the 70s Renaissance
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Reading: Horror
Genre, Chapter 3 (74-97)
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Week's
Film: Night of the Living Dead
(Romero, 1968) |
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Group Discussion Leaders #5 |
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Short Essay #2
Due |
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Review for Exam - excerpts of A Nightmare on Elm Street (Craven,
1984); Scream (Craven, 1996)
= Postmodern
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