Gothic Fictions: Gender, Race and Cultural Critique

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Cursusdoel

The course provides a thorough introduction to key texts in gothic fiction (1770-present) and in gothic criticism.

After completing this course students:
1 have established a repertoire of representative primary gothic texts from different historical and geographic contexts
2 are able to relate gothic texts to relevant historical contexts or theoretical concepts such as f.e. self-other, the double, or the supernatural
3 can collect additional primary sources and secondary literature concerning gothic representations
4 can present orally, both individually and in a group, about gothic artefacts in contemporary culture.
5 are able to give and receive constructive feedback on research proposals
6 are able to write a critical essay concerning the representation of identity and subjectivity in terms of gender, sexuality, class or ethnicity in a specific gothic artefact

Relationship between assessments and course objectives
In this course, the final course grade is based on four elements: 3 reading report assignments, a final written assignment, a group presentation and class participation.

The reading reports tests your knowledge and insight on learning objectives 1,2.
The final paper assignment tests your knowledge and insight on learning objectives 1,2,3,6.
The group presentation assignment tests your knowledge and insight on learning objectives 1,2,3,4
Class participation (including peer feedback and chairing a discussion) test your knowledge and insight on learning objectives 1,2,4,5.

Vakinhoudelijk

Gothic is a persistent and fascinating cultural mode, found in painting, architecture, literature, film, popular music and fashion. In this course, we will study the Gothic mostly in literature, with several excursions to other media. What connects the different uses of the Gothic across time and across media? Using central topoi like the monster and the supernatural, Gothic provides the imaginative space to explore the blurring boundaries between the real and the imagined, the visible and the invisible, reason and emotion, the political and the personal. Thus, Gothic has been regarded as a mode to express and channel cultural fears about repressed colonial histories, vicious aspects of family life, prohibited sexuality, and silenced gender. Alternatively it has been read as confirming protestant, middle-class and heterosexual norms and values. In this course we will try to account for these ambiguities and related questions in our close readings of Gothic novels, stories, poems and films.

Format
There will be two seminar-style classes per week, and students are expected to do all assigned reading in advance of each session. Because the course will be dynamic and discussion-based, there will be a focus on partner/small-group work and short writing exercises. Students will also be responsible for starting off the group discussions on the literature for an assigned session as well as bringing to class any specific questions related to the material.

Werkvormen

UCU HUM 3 course

Toetsing

Participation in class discussion

Verplicht | Weging 20% | ECTS 1,5

Assignments (reading reports)

Verplicht | Weging 30% | ECTS 2,25

Final paper

Verplicht | Weging 40% | ECTS 3

Group presentation

Verplicht | Weging 10% | ECTS 0,75

*midterm FEEDBACK*

Verplicht

Ingangseisen en voorkennis

Ingangseisen

Er moet voldaan zijn aan minimaal één van de cursussen:

En er moet voldaan zijn aan minimaal één van de cursussen:

Voorkennis

Students who have not followed one of the required courses, need to apply for course admittance (relevant level 2 course).

Voertalen

  • Engels

Competenties

  • Academisch schrijven
  • Kritisch lezen
  • Onderzoeksvaardigheden
  • Presenteren

Cursusmomenten

Gerelateerde studies

Tentamens

Er is geen tentamenrooster beschikbaar voor deze cursus

Verplicht materiaal

Materiaal Omschrijving
BOEK Andrew Smith, Gothic Literature. Edinburgh University Press 2013. (available in UU library)
LITERATUUR Mary Shelley Wollstonecraft, Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus (1818). Any edition
LITERATUUR Henry James, The Turn of the Screw (1898). Any edition
LITERATUUR Bram Stoker, Dracula (1897). Any edition
LITERATUUR Ann Petry, The Street (1946)
LITERATUUR Michel Faber, Under the skin (2002)
LITERATUUR Jeanette Winterson, Frankisstein (2019)

Aanbevolen materiaal

Materiaal Omschrijving
BOEK Additional readings to be announced

Coördinator

dr. S.P. van Bommel s.p.vanBommel@uu.nl

Docenten

dr. A. Andeweg A.Andeweg@uu.nl
J.G.E. Mariotis j.g.e.mariotis@uu.nl

Inschrijving

Let op: deze cursus is niet toegankelijk voor studenten van andere faculteiten, bijvakkers mogen zich dus niet inschrijven.

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