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123044 PS Proseminar Literature / Literary Studies (2016S)

American Horror Stori(es): Gothic Tales from Poe to Morrison

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
Moodle

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Freitag 18.03. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 08.04. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 15.04. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Dienstag 19.04. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 22.04. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 29.04. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 06.05. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 13.05. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 20.05. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 27.05. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Montag 30.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 03.06. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Mittwoch 08.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Freitag 10.06. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 17.06. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 24.06. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Gothic fiction has been one of the most popular genres among American authors and readers alike ever since its emergence in the mid-18th century, and continues to influence the literary landscape well into the 21st century. From its foundation, the new nation's unique challenges have led US-American authors to the Gothic as a particularly malleable genre to express their fears, anxieties, and secret passions. Gothic novels, short stories, and poems offered a ready template to express quintessentially American conditions, from early frontier experiences to the trauma of slavery, from Puritan morality to the depiction of domestic oppression in a patriarchal society. Today, Gothic representations of extreme horror, cruelty, persecution, wilderness, and the abject continue to haunt American culture in a myriad of popular movies and TV shows.

In this course, we will trace the development and ongoing appeal of Gothic fiction as well as a variety of critical responses to the genre from literary theorists and critics. We will examine typical Gothic tropes and themes, the role of the author and the narrator, and genre conventions, among other things, to determine how and why Gothic fiction has undergone a variety of transformations but still remains an immensely popular genre in American fiction and film.

Students will learn to critically examine texts from different theoretical perspectives and to employ the respective critical terminology. They will also be familiarized with the research and writing skills necessary to write a term paper.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Regular attendance, active participation in class, short presentations, weekly readings, short written assignments, research assignments, paper abstract/proposal, final research paper

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

This course will introduce students to US-American Gothic fiction, its origins and evolution between the 18th and 21st centuries. We will work with classic Gothic texts, including short stories, poems and (excerpts of) novels, as well as examples from popular culture in the form of movies and TV shows to trace the characteristics of Gothic fiction, and explore the historical and cultural contexts as well as the academic debates and discourses relevant to the conceptualization of the genre. Students will learn to critically examine texts from different theoretical perspectives and to apply the respective critical terminology to primary texts. They will also be familiarized with the research and writing skills necessary to write a term paper.

Prüfungsstoff

Interactive discussions, individual assignments, group work, short presentations, research project, multimedia

Literatur

A reader will be made available at CopyStudio (Schwarzspanierstraße 10), including most of the primary texts we will be discussing. You will additionally need to purchase Toni Morrison's Beloved (1987) at Facultas am Campus. We will also be working with a variety of movies and/or TV shows. Further details will be posted on Moodle.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: UF 344, BA 612; BEd 046
Code/Modul: UF 3.3.3-304, BA10.1; BEd 08a.1, BEd 08b.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-3041

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33