This is a list of the major assignments for the course. It may be revised as dictated by the needs of the class. Please see “Additional Readings” for alternate reading assignment options.

Students are responsible for completing all assigned reading before each class meeting.

Texts:

Week 1

Haunted, Subterranean, Confined

Week 2

  • Critical Response Blog 1

Week 3

Sublime, Queer, Uncanny

Week 4

Week 5

  • Frankenstein, Volume III (Chapters 1-7) and Letters (finish)
  • Critical Response Blog 2

Week 6

  • Dracula, Chapters 8-14
  • Critical Response Blog 3

Week 7

  • Dracula, Chapters 15-21
  • Critical Response Blog 4

Week 8

  • Critical Response Blog 5

Week 9

  • Essay 1 Draft Workshop
  • Essay 1 Due

Wilderness, Gloom, Madness

Week 10

Week 11

  • Critical Response Blog 7

Week 12

  • Critical Response Blog 8

21st Century Gothic (Student-Generated Unit)

For the assignment prompt, visit “21st Century Gothic

Week 13

  • Student Choice
  • Critical Response Blog 9

Week 14

  • Essay 2 Draft Workshop
  • Critical Response Blog 10

Week 15

  • Essay 2 Due

Week 16

For the assignment prompt, visit “Gothic Spaces Presentation

  • Gothic Spaces Group Presentations

Week 17 and Finals

  • Gothic Spaces Group Presentations
  • Final Exam
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