Literature 2332 - The Gothic Tradition in Romantic Literature

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Bard College

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GSS In the late 18th century, the gothic emerged across Europe as a powerful discourse well suited to the tempestuous politics of the time. This class explores the phenomenon of the gothic revival in British literature, as well as its debts to French and German literary traditions. Students read central gothic novels, including Walpole's The Castle of Otranto; Radcliffe's A Sicilian Romance; Lewis's The Monk; Dacre' s Zofloya, orthe Moor; Godwin's Caleb Williams; Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer; and Hogg's The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. Students also examine relevant poems by Coleridge and Keats; plays by Shelley and Inchbald; and French and German works with which British texts were in dialogue, including writings by de Sade, de Sta?l, Diderot, Goethe, Hoffman, and Schiller. The class also explores the impact of the gothic across the disciplines (aesthetic theory, political commentary, etc.).

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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

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Semester

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