Literature 2331 - American Gothic

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Bard College

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This course examines ways in which American authors have used the gothic genre to engage with social, political, and cultural concerns. The gothic novel-the stronghold of ghost stories, family curses, and heroines in distress-uses melodrama and the macabre to disguise horrifying psychological, sexual, and emotional issues. In America the genre has often confronted topics pertinent to national identity and history. Readings include 19th- and 20th-century novels and short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Harriet Jacobs, Henry James, Louisa May Alcott, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edith Wharton, William Faulkner, Shirley Jackson, and James Baldwin.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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