2022 Summer Session D
6 weeks, July 5 - August 12
ENGLISH 176 001 - LEC 001
Literature and Popular Culture
The Horror Genre
Donna V Jones
Jul 05, 2022 - Aug 12, 2022
Tu, We, Th
12:00 pm - 02:29 pm
Social Sciences Building 140
Class #:15336
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
English
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
16
Enrolled: 24
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 40
Waitlist Max: 10
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
5 to 7.5 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 22.5 hours of outside work hours per week, and 2.5 to 0 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.
Course Catalog Description
Topics will vary from semester to semester.
Class Description
This course will examine the historical development of the horror genre in both film and literature. Horror is a notoriously comprehensive genre, borrowing from numerous story-telling and literary traditions—folktales, anonymous and literary, fantastic literature and the gothic. In this class, we will address the heterodox nature of this genre, while examining the socio-historical underpinnings of popular works of horror stories and films, paying close attention to representations of race, gender, and sexuality.
Assigned Works: Carmen Machado - Her Body and Other Parties; Angela Carter - “The Erl-King,”; Collected Stories of Edgar Allen Poe; Victor LaValle - The Ballad of Black Tom; Yoko Ogawa - Revenge;
Films: The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, F. Lang; Brides of Dracula and The Paranoiac, Hammer Studio; The Wicker Man, R. Hardy; Get Out, J. Peele; Hereditary, A. Aster
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
Associated Sections
None