Tutor-led discussion will take place in a supportive tutorial atmosphere. Students will be asked to read the texts independently, and to then engage with them deeply through close-reading activities during class hours. Students will be encouraged to read widely, and to use appropriately scholarly secondary reading and an awareness of contemporary responses to the texts to inform their discourse. In doing so, students will develop skills in close reading, critical analysis, academic writing and will gain confidence in sharing their ideas aloud during guided tutorial discussion. Through mini-lectures and tutorial discussion, students will be asked to consider the key elements, motifs, literary devices and stylistic characteristics of Gothic texts, and compare and contrast the use of these across the breadth of the reading list. Throughout the course, we shall consider and evaluate the influence Gothic literature has on other forms of popular culture (film, TV, visual art, music, etc.), and on other genres such as horror and fantasy. We shall then examine some late 20th-century 'genre fiction', and conclude by considering examples of the Postmodern Gothic written in the early 21st-century. After studying an example of 18th-century Gothic fiction, we shall examine the mainstream of 19th-century Gothic fantasy, both in its early Romantic incarnation and in its later Decadent phase. The course will begin by tracing the roots of Gothic writing in the late 18th-century, considering and examining the fascination with cultural modes that pre-date the Age of Enlightenment (including ancient mythologies, paganism and Medieval and Renaissance Christianity). Students will read a selection of Gothic literature, spanning over 200 years, and will be asked to explore the key elements of the genre and examine the ways in which the genre has developed.
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This course will explore the origins and development of Gothic literature, tracing the cultural phenomenon from its original literary roots to its later manifestations in 19th, 20th and 21st-century culture. School of Literatures, Languages and CulturesĬollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Undergraduate Course: Introduction to Gothic Literature (ENLI07002) Course Outline School
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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : English Literature