Gothic Novel & Horror Fiction
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Gothic Novel & Horror FictionEngl 113
Warning: Some graphic images & literary texts will be used.
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French Revolution
(1789)
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Vietnam War(1969)
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The Gothic Tradition introduces horror, terror, supernatural and violent literature in reaction to the French Revolution (according to some scholars).
The Vietnam War opens the door for a spate of horror novels, then films –Stephen King’s The Shining and Kubrick’s movie adaptation are just two that we will study this semester.
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psychological interiority, writing and inanimate objects provide the scariest scenes –something the Gothic has in common with some of our modern films….
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Would you like to see some clips?•Amityville Horror
•Jaws
•Friday the 13th
•Blair Witch Project
•Saw
•AND……
•The Shining
What do they all have in
common?
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Perhaps we’ll start with an amusing teaser.