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Date
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Topics |
Reading Due |
Assignment Due |
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Tues 1/26 |
Introductions: You, Me, Gothic and
Horror |
Introduction to Terror & Horror
PPT (PDF) Handouts:
Syllabus
Policies &
Schedule
How to Read Fiction
Furlough Dates & You
Discussion
The Wolfman Trailer
True Blood,
Season 2 Trailer |
Student Questionnaire |
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Thur 1/28 |
Learning How to Moodle, ClassSpot &
Play Nicely |
Handouts
Group Presentation Instructions
Gothic
& Horror Timeline
Group Timeline Instructions
Reading Response Writing Tips |
Enroll in & Tutorial on
Moodle & ClassSpot
Discuss
Timeline Component to Group Presentation & Tutorial
on
Google Docs spreadsheets
In-Class: Post 300-500 word
Intellectual Autobiography to
Moodle Profile in-class - counted towards
Discussion Forum grades
Email: Presentation preference (3 in order of
preference) by Friday 12pm
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Tues 2/2 |
We Like to be Terrified! |
Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the
Origin..."
Barbauld, "On the Pleasure..."
(same pdf as above)
"Gothic Romance, Sensibility & the Sublime"
Johnson, The Rambler No. 4
Cowley, "Invocation
to Horror"
Handouts
Hints for Reading Fictions
Discussion
Moodle Glossary Entries Instructions
(from Thur)
Group Members |
Email:
Plagiarism Tutorial (email scores by 10am) -
counted as Discussion Forum grade
Discussion Forum: Reading Response
posted by 10am to
Moodle |
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Thur 2/4 |
Monsters in Peasants� Clothing |
As seen on the
screen & discussed in class
1st Page, Mysteries of Udolpho
Definitions of Parody/Satire
Discussion
Female vs. Male Gothic PPT (PDF)
The Monk PowerPoint Presentation (as PDF)
Flash Mob: Do Re Me Fa So La Ti Do
Japanese Prank Mob
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Tues 2/9 |
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- Lewis, The Monk: Vol. I-II
Discussion
Female vs. Male Gothic PPT (PDF)
Lewis compared to King (NY Times)
Bleeding Nun in The Monk (Romantic
Circles)
The Wandering Jew explained (Wikipedia, so be
careful)
Catholicism & The Monk
"Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
The Spanish Inquisition explained
Spanish Inquisition Timeline
|
Discussion Forum: Reading Response
(see Prompt) posted by 10am to
Moodle |
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Thur 2/11 |
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Group Presentations on RR
Nature group (pdf) |
Crowdsourcing/Group work on
Moodle based on 2/9 Reading Responses
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The Wolfman
opens in theaters Feb. 12th
Shall we go? |
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Tues 2/16 |
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- Lewis, The Monk: Vol. III
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Discussion Forum: Reading Response
(see Prompt) posted by 10am to
Moodle |
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Thur 2/18 |
Ghosts, Fragments & Affluence |
-
Polidori, "The Vampyre" (1819)
- Byron, "A Fragment" (1816)
Discussion
"ladykiller,"
OED
"seraglio,"
OED
Vlad the Impaler Timeline
Image of Lord Byron (Orientalism) |
Group Presentation &
Timeline
Kelcey Helvey,
Montgomery Mullen
(See
the group PPT here as a PDF) |
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Tues 2/23 |
Bloody Infections |
-
Stoker, Dracula,
Chps. 1-4 (1897)
-
Gerard, Transylvanian
Superstitions excerpt in Dracula (331-35)
-
Interview with a Vampire
Experts video (in-class)
Discussion
Dracula images
|
Group Presentation &
Timeline
Aurora Smith
Amanda Saxer
Juliet Stubblebine
Taylor Smith
Kyle Brady
(See
the group PPT here as a PDF) |
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Thur 2/25 |
|
- Stoker, Dracula, Chps. 4-9
Discussion
Boy's Own Paper (real ones touched in-class)
Pear's Soap Ad
Handouts
Reading questions for groups |
Discussion Forum: Reading Response
posted by 10am to
Moodle |
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Tues 3/2 |
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- Stoker, Dracula, Chps.
10-18
Discussion
Group Questions discussion (Moodle) |
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Thur 3/4 |
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- Stoker,
Dracula, Chps. 19-27
- Interview with a Vampire Experts
video (in-class)
(NEVER GOT TO IT)
|
Glossary Entries Due on
Moodle
(2 per student) -- REVISED! NOW
DUE ON MONDAY, 3/8 BY 10AM |
| Tues 3/9 |
Mid-Term Exam |
|
Thur 3/11 |
Guest Speaker:
Dr. Paul Douglass on
American Gothic in the Late 19th / Early 20th Century |
Short Stories chosen by Professor
Douglass:
- Anderson, "Death in the Woods"
(AG 163)*
- Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily" (AG
182)
- Rice, "Freniere" (AG 349)
- Poe, "The Black Cat" (AG 78)
- Carver, "Little Things" (AG ??)
- Oates, "The Temple" (AG ??)
AG = American Gothic Tales
anthology (available
on course reserve in the library -- make copies or
pdf scan & bring to class if you don't own the book) |
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Tues 3/16 |
NO
CLASS TODAY |
Moved to 3/18:
Lee, "Preface" (Hauntings
37-40) (1890)Lee, "A Wicked Voice" (Hauntings 154)Lee, "Dionea" (Hauntings 77-104)Lee, "The Virgin of the Seven Daggers" (Hauntings
249-78)
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Moved to 3/18
Discussion Forum: Reading Response
posted by 10am to
Moodle
Group Presentation &
Timeline
Michael Chapman
Monecia Lytle |
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Thur 3/18 |
Haunting Femme & Homme Fatales |
Moved from 3/16
- Lee, "Preface" (Hauntings 37-40) (1890)
- Lee, "A Wicked Voice" (Hauntings 154)
- Lee, "Dionea" (Hauntings 77-104)
- Lee, "The Virgin of the Seven Daggers" (Hauntings
249-78)
Beckett, Ill Seen Ill Said
(1981)
(moved to 3/23)
Discussion
|
Discussion Forum: Reading Response
posted by 10am to
Moodle
(moved from 3/16)
Group Presentation &
Timeline
on Lee
(moved from 3/16)
Michael Chapman
Monecia Lytle
(See the group PPT here as a PDF --
coming soon)
Group Presentation &
Timeline
(moved to
3/23)
Amanda Garcia
Amber Fujita
Amirissa Mina
Lianne McNeal |
|
Tues 3/23 |
Ghostly/Ghastly Autocannibalism |
- Beckett, Ill Seen Ill Said
(1981)
(moved from 3/18)
Moved to 4/6:
Carver, "Little Things" (American
Gothic Tales 344-45) Eraserhead movie scenes (in-class)
Delillo, "Human Moments in World War III" (American
Gothic Tales 325-338)Straub, "A Short Guide to the City" (American
Gothic Tales 358-368)
Handout
Final Essay Instructions
Discussion: Websites from Presentation
Short film depicting the difference between Beckett and
Joyce
Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca Artwork a la Beckett
Charles Winecoff Artwork a la Beckett
A sample of Beckett's handwriting
Comic about Beckett and Joyce
Derivative Play from
Ill Seen Ill Said |
Group Presentation &
Timeline
on Beckett
(moved from 3/18)
Amanda Garcia
Amber Fujita
Amirissa Mina
Lianne McNeal
(See the group PPT here as a PDF) |
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Thur 3/25 |
FURLOUGH DAY - KH ONLY
No Class Meeting |
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Tues 3/30 |
SPRING BREAK |
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Thur 4/1 |
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Tues 4/6 |
Untold Endings too Terrible to TellNO
CLASS TODAY
(Instructor illness) |
"Brave New Worlds: The Science
Fiction Phenomenon" video (in-class)
Moved from
3/23
Carver, "Little Things" (American
Gothic Tales 344-45) Eraserhead movie scenes (in-class)Delillo, "Human Moments in World War III" (American
Gothic Tales 325-338)Straub, "A Short Guide to the City" (American
Gothic Tales 358-368)
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Thur 4/8 |
King of American Horror: Reality |
Discussion
Horror Timeline
20th Century Horror Definition -- According to Koontz |
Discussion Forum: Reading Response
posted by 10am to
Moodle
Group Presentation &
Timeline
Ashley Johnson
Shirley Garcia
Erica Bucaro
Claudia Law
(See
group PPT here as PDF) |
|
Tues 4/13 |
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Proposal for
Final Essay/Project posted to
Moodle by by 10am |
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Thur 4/15 |
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Tues 4/20 |
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- The Shining, Chps. 45-58
- Scenes from Kubrick�s movie (in-class)
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 |
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Thur 4/22 |
Autophagy & Making our Own Horror |
- Stevenson, The Strange Case of
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, all - it's short! (1896)
|
Group Presentation &
Timeline
Pollyanna Macchiano
Elisabeth Achen
Cynthia Harper
Courtney Rodenborn
(See
group PPT here as PDF) |
|
"Frankenstein, The First Hundred Years"
Saturday, April 24, 2010, 8pm
Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University |
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Tues 4/27 |
|
- Stevenson, The Strange Case of
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
|
Discussion Forum: Reading Response
posted by 10am to
Moodle Extra Credit
Movie Review posted by 5pm to
Moodle (see instructions on Moodle) |
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Thur 4/29 |
FURLOUGH DAY - KH ONLY
No Class Meeting |
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Tues 5/4 |
The Pathology of Madness |
- Ellis, American Psycho
(3-111) (1991)
|
Discussion Forum: Reading Response
posted by 10am to
Moodle
Group Presentation &
Timeline
Shanna Fields
Nathan Garavaglia
Shane Diven
Kimberly Troutman |
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Thur 5/6 |
FURLOUGH DAY
- ALL FACULTY
No Class Meeting |
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Tues 5/11 |
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- Ellis, American Psycho
(112-247)
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Glossary Entries Due on
Moodle (3 per
student) |
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Thur 5/13 |
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- Ellis, American Psycho
(248-399)
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Final Essay/Project Due
(moved to 5/19)
Discuss Final Exam |
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FINAL EXAM,
Final Essay/Project & Final Essay Presentation:
9:45am-12pm, May 19th |
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