ENGL 367 - Nineteenth-Century British Gothic

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Trinity College

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This course will examine the gothic novel in late-18th and 19th-century British literature. With plots involving suspense, mystery, crime, the supernatural, incest, impersonation, vampirism, theft, and murder, gothic novels constitute the conventions of the 19th-century domestic romance gone wild. The deception and disorder that make these plots so enticing also subvert fixed domestic and social order characterizing fears about a rapidly changing Victorian world. Readings will include works by Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Lewis, Mary Shelley, Charlotte Bront , Wilkie Collins, Sheridan Le Fanu, George Eliot, and Bram Stoker. We will also cover trends in criticism of the gothic that rely on contemporary gender, queer, and postcolonial theory. This course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing literature written after 1800, a literary theory course, or a course emphasizing cultural context. 1.00 units, Lecture

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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