Date
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Reading Due |
Assignment Due |
Tues 8/26 |
Introduction to Terror & Horror
(Powerpoint Presentation as PDF) Greensheet Policies & Schedule
Handouts:
How to Read Fiction
Gothic's Timeline |
Student Questionnaire |
Thur 8/28 |
CLASS CANCELLED DUE TO
INSTRUCTOR'S FAMILY EMERGENCY |
|
Tues 9/2 |
Defining High Gothic
Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the
Origin..."
in Otranto
(209-10)
Barbauld, "On the Pleasure..." in Otranto
(211-13)
"Gothic Romance, Sensibility & the Sublime" in
Northanger Abbey
(211-229)
Johnson, The Rambler No. 4
in Otranto
(215-217)
Handouts
ICE Writing Tips
Group
Presentation Instructions |
Discuss
Group Presentation
Email Presentation preference (3 in order of
preference) by Wed. 5pm |
Thur 9/4 |
- Castle of Otranto (3-71)
-
"The
Gothic Revival & Chivalry" in Otranto
(223-37) (moved to
9/9)
Contd. from Tues 9/2 because of fire alarm
interruption:
Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the
Origin..."
in Otranto
(209-10)
Barbauld, "On the Pleasure..." in Otranto
(211-13)
"Gothic Romance, Sensibility & the Sublime" in
Northanger Abbey
(211-229)
Johnson, The Rambler No. 4
in Otranto
(215-217)
Handouts
Group Members for Presentation
Note: Last day to drop courses without "W" on
record 9/5 |
ICE/OCE
OCE due Mon. 5pm via email (question given in class) |
Tues 9/9 |
- Castle of Otranto
- "The
Gothic Revival & Chivalry" in Otranto
(223-37) (moved from 9/4)
- "What the Reviewers Said" in Otranto
(263-81)
Handouts
ICE/OCE Student Samples ("A" Essays)
|
|
Thur 9/11 |
- Matthew Lewis, The Monk: Vol.
I
Note: Last day to add courses & register late (no
exceptions) 9/12 |
OCE due Mon. 5pm via email (question
given in class)
Group Presentation:
see their PowerPoint presentation here (as a pdf)
|
Tues 9/16 |
|
|
Thur 9/18 |
Handouts
ICE/OCE Student Samples ("A" Essays)
(moved from 9/9)
Cowley, "Invocation to Horror"
Note: Enrollment Census Date 9/22
|
ICE |
Tues 9/23 |
|
|
Thur 9/25 |
- Matthew Lewis, The Monk: Vol. III
Handout
ICE/OCE Student Sample ("A" Essay) - provided in
class |
ICE: Group Work done during class on
various topics |
Tues 9/30 |
- Matthew Lewis, The Monk: Vol. III
|
|
Thur 10/2 |
The New Monk (1-102)
Discussion on Delivering the
Gothic
Chapbooks
Chapbook Images
Castles & Chapbooks (brief explanation)
Handout
Definitions of Parody/Satire |
ICE
Group Presentation:
see their PowerPoint presentation here (as a PDF) |
Tues 10/7 |
|
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Thur 10/9 |
NO CLASS MEETING
|
OCE:
Synopsis & Nightmare (emailed by 5pm) � see HO |
Tues 10/14 |
Mid-Term Exam (Bring
exam booklets) |
|
Thur 10/16 |
NO CLASS MEETING
Robots Exhibit @
San Jose Museum of Art
Cost: $2 w/SJ Public Library card or $5 w/Student ID
on your own |
OCE: due by Monday, 5pm via
email (question provided in class on 10/14) |
Tues 10/21 |
- Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, Vol. I
- "Gothic Decline & Gothic Parody"
in Northanger Abbey (230-41)
Handouts & Discussion:
Jane Austen PowerPoint Info (as PDF)
Austen's "Plan of a Novel"
Austen's Early Work: History of England
Northanger Abbey info at Republic of Pemberley
Website
Bibliography of Jane Austen Sequels
Satire vs. Parody
Calendaring in
Northanger Abbey by Ellen Moody |
Group Presentation |
Thur 10/23 |
- Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, Vol. II
- Polidori, "The Vampyre" (39-59)
|
ICE/OCE
Group Presentations on Northanger Abbey &
"Vampyre" |
Tues 10/28 |
- Emily Bront�, Wuthering Heights Chps. 1-16
(leaving it at this cliffhanger!)
Discussion
See the landscape of Wuthering Heights (BBC)
"Where's Heathcliff,"
NY Times article
Bront�
Parsonage
See 1939 Trailer for "Wuthering Heights"
Windward Heights,
a re-writing of Wuthering Heights
Jasper Fforde series on Jane Eyre |
Group Presentation |
Thur 10/30 |
- Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
HALLOWEEN TOMORROW!
|
Group Presentation
|
Tues 11/4 |
- Bram Stoker, Dracula Chps. 1-17
|
Group Presentation
(added 8/27/08):
See their PowerPoint Presentation here (as a PDF) |
Thur 11/6 |
- Bram Stoker, Dracula Chps. 18-27
In-Class: Dracula
Experts Video
(deleted 11/6/08)
|
ICE: Group Writing Project on Dracula
themes |
Tues 11/11 |
VETERAN�S DAY � NO
CLASS
|
|
Thur 11/13 |
In-Class: "Brave New
Worlds" Video
Online: Poe, "Masque
of the Red Death"
Handouts
Individual Presentation Instructions |
Discuss Individual Presentation |
Tues 11/18 |
Discussion
Horror Timeline
20th Century Horror Definition -- According to Koontz |
Group Presentation
Individual Presentation Date Preferences
& "Text" emailed by 3pm |
Thur 11/20 |
- Stephen King, The Shining
Discussion
Best Horror Films
Greatest Scariest Movie Moments & Scenes
Top Horror Movies
"The
Shining" Re-Cut as quest trailer
"The Shining" in 30 seconds by the Angry Bunnies
Simpsons do The Shining |
ICE/OCE |
Tues 11/25 |
- Stephen King, The Shining
In-Class: Kubrick�s Movie
(scenes)
|
|
Thur 11/27 |
Thanksgiving - No Class |
|
Tues 12/2 |
Individual Presentations (see
schedule) |
ICE |
Thur 12/4 |
Individual Presentations (see
schedule) |
ICE |
Tues 12/9 |
Individual Presentations (see
schedule) |
ICE |
FINAL EXAM:
Wednesday, December 17, 2:45-5pm
Bring exam
booklets |
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