Courses
2007 . First Semester
     
  American Gothic


Schedule

March 5 Presentation + Introduction to Gothic fiction
7 Walpole: Preface to The Castle of Otranto
12 Poe: "The Fall of the House of Usher"
14 Gilman: "The Yellow Paper"
19 James: "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes"
21 Wharton: "Afterward"
26 Bradbury: "Homecoming"
28 Lovecraft: "The Outsider"
Apr 2 Faulkner: "A Rose for Emily"
4 Jackson: "The Lottery"
9 Finney: Invasion of the Body Snatchers – Paper due
11 Finney: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
16 Matheson: I Am Legend (reading; no class)
18 Matheson: I Am Legend
23 Cheever: "The Enormous Radio"
25 Plath: "Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams"
May 7 Midterm Exam
9 Campbell: "The Chimney"
14 Bloch/Hitchcock: Psycho
16 Bloch/Hitchcock: Psycho
21 King: "Gramma"
23 Coover: "The Brother"
28 Levin: Rosemary's Baby
30 Levin: Rosemary's Baby
June 4 DeLillo: "Human Moments in World War III"
6 L'Heureux: "The Anatomy of Desire"
11 Edmundson: "American Gothic"
13 The New York Times's coverage of Sept 11, 2001
18 The Nature of Evil
20 Final Exam


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