LITERATURE 99 - Special Topics in Literature

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Claremont McKenna College

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Offered occasionally. In 2008-2009, the following courses will be offered: Leal Before the Gothic was fashion, it was literature. This course will investigate the rose of the Gothic sensibility in the 18th century and examine its various permutations over the next two centuries. We will begin by looking at the major 18th-century Gothic texts, include Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto, Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho. And the graveyard poets, then read Jane Austen's brilliant spoof of the genre in Northanger Abbey. We will also examine the second generation of Gothic text, including Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Byron's Fragment of a Novel, Polidori' s TheVampyre. Bram Stoker's Dracula, and the hideous spawn of Coelridge's Cristabel, Le Fanu' s Carmilla , and a CarlDreyer film.

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1.50

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.claremontmckenna.edu/

Phone Number:

(909) 621-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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