Tales of Wonder, Gillray, The Monk

SCHEDULE of READINGS
Gothic Novel & Horror Fiction

English 113, Fall 2008
Dr. Katherine D. Harris
Syllabus subject to change
 

Legend of Symbols, etc.
Online: Web hyperlink (print for class)
HO: Handout
ICE: In-Class Essay
OCE: Out-of-Class Essay

 

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Mid-Term Exam    Final Exam 


Date


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
    • Matthew Lewis, The Monk: Vol. II

    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
    • Matthew Lewis, The Monk: Vol. II

     
    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
    • The New Monk (103-227)
     
    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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