| Course Title: Special Topics in Film Studies: 'American Gothic' |
| Start Date: 09/04/2019 End Date: 12/17/2019 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2019 |
| Description: An examination of the gothic--a world of fear, haunting, claustrophobia, paranoia, and monstrosity--in American literature and culture, with an emphasis upon issues of race and gender. Topics include slavery and the gothic; gothic sexuality; Southern, Northern, and national gothic; freakishness and grotesquerie; and visual gothic. Focus on fiction, with some film and photography. Authors, filmmakers, and artists may include Alcott, Arbus, Browning, Crane, Dunbar, Dunn, Elmer, Faulkner, Gilman, Hitchcock, Kubrick, McCullers, Morrison, O'Connor, Oates, Parks, Poe, Romero, Turner, and Wood. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Elizabeth Young | 413-538-2326 | eyoung@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2019 - 12/17/2019 | Discussion | Tuesday and Thursday | 01:30PM - 02:45PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 203 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Component course for Film Studies |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| ENGL-243-01 American Gothic |
| FLMST-220AG-01 American Gothic |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 18 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: The Confessions of Nat Turner and Related Documents Author: Greenberg, Kenneth Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780312112073 Publisher: Bedford |
Optional | 13.00 |
| Title: The Haunting of Hill House Author: Jackson, Shirley Copyright: 2006 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Penguin |
Required | 15.00 |
| Title: Reflections in a Golden Eye Author: McCullers, Carson Copyright: 2000 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Mariner |
Required | 10.00 |
| Title: The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings Author: Poe, Edgar Allan (edited by David Garroway) Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780141439815 Publisher: Penguin |
Required | 8.00 |
| Title: Beloved Author: Morrison, Toni Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781400033416 Publisher: |
Required | 15.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: It is important to get these editions of these book. Please note that the Odyssey orders used as well as new copies whenever possible. |