Announcements for Tuesday, October 22

Hi class,

Good to see you today – I look forward to reading your papers.

Some notes:

-Please finish Part II as well as Parts III-V of “At The Mountains of Madness” for Thursday’s class. These are shorter parts, and if you wish, you can listen along to the audiobook here (scroll down to the video info to click on a specific section). Please print and bring to class!

No formal annotations this time, to leave room to think about Gothic Spaces presentations (see below).

 

-Blog group 1 (Sierra, Brian, Kerri, Jeremy, Janiya), please review the critical response prompts, and select 1 to respond to. As usual, try to ensure that you cover all the prompts amongst yourselves. Post by beginning of class on Monday.

-Below are your Gothic Spaces Presentation groups, followed by suggestions for virtual, cinematic, or real spaces your group could focus on. You will have some time to discuss with your groups on Thursday, but you should spend some time (~15-20 mins) investigating some of these titles and deciding which might appeal. Alternatively, if you have another idea, you should come prepared to discuss your preferred choice.

Video Game group: Kerri, Brian, Jeremy, Freddie

Suggested video games: Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Anchorhead, Amnesia, Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners Of The Earth

Movie/TV group: Katie, Fahima, Afeisha, Christina
Suggested films: The ExorcistLast House On The Left, The Amityville Horror, Poltergeist, The Haunting (1963)
Suggested TV shows: Stranger ThingsThe Haunting of Hill House, The Others
 
Real Life Haunted/Gothic Space group:
Fareena, Janiya, Angel, Ayshe, Sierra
Suggested spaces: New York’s haunted spaces (NOTE: some of these may not be practical or possible to investigate, but it’s worth browsing)
Dover Castle (supposedly one of the most “haunted” places in England)
Your group should settle on a place that you can either physically go to, or that you can “explore” via video and/or virtual recreations.

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