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Academic Year 2000/2001
American Gothic
ENGL 343 SP
The American Gothic will explore the ways in which the "Gothic" has been a fundamental mode of North American literary production from the earliest days of colonization until the present day. It will examine definitions
of the Gothic and the way in
which the genre has been manipulated to reflect changing concerns and anxieties.
MAJOR READINGS
Crow, Charles. AMERICAN GOTHIC: AN ANTHOLOGY: 1787-1916. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1999.
Naylor, Gloria. MAMA DAY. New York: Vintage, 1988.
Rice, Anne. INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE. New York: Ballentine, 1976.
--A
supplemental course reader
available at the bookstore.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Students will have the option of producing three short essays of four pages each which may be revised once or of producing one extended research paper of 12-15 pages which will be developed in stages. Additional short
writing and research assignments
will be assigned and there will be a final examination.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Weinstock,Jeffrey A.
- Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: FISK305
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 25)
- SR. major: 10 Jr. major: 10
- SR. non-major: 3 Jr. non-major: 2 SO: FR:
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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