Lehrende/r: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Monika Class
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
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Credits: 8,0
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 30
Anmeldegruppe: ELC 522
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Inhalt: Gothic novels date back to Horace Walpole’s Castle of Otranto (1764), the second edition of which was subtitled a “Gothic tale,“ and prefaced with a bold proclamation about the fusion of ancient and modern romance. Yet, it took until the 1790s – a time of revolution and great uncertainty – for audiences to fully develop their voracious appetite for reading about horror and terror. Throughout the nineteenth-century, Gothic novels are associated with a host of uncertainties about power, class, gender, sexuality, and religion; however, they come in many different shapes despite their perceived conventional coherence. The course will enhance students’ understanding of two Gothic classics, James Hogg’s The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, through close readings of both texts. On this basis, the seminar will move beyond the bounds of the 1820s and explore modern adaptations in different genres and media, including Henry James’ short story, “The Turn of the Screw” (1898), and other adaptations.
Empfohlene Literatur: Students are asked to purchase a print copy of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and James Hogg’s The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. I recommed the editions in Norton Critical Edition for Frankenstein, and the Oxford Classics Series for Justified Sinner (Oxford Classics Series also has a good edition of Frankenstein).
