KarenNC Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 My rising 10th grader, who loves horror, fantasy, and wants to be a writer, has requested a Gothic literature elective for next year, so I'm looking for ideas. Any good syllabi or courses that you've seen? I've looked at the course on Saylor.org, but it's a bit more heavily focused on the sexual themes than I'd like to use as is, though I will likely pull resources from it. So far, we're considering: Frankenstein Dracula The Vampyre by Polidori The Turn of the Screw The Castle of Otranto The Mysteries of Udolpho Edgar Allen Poe Lovecraft (compare and contrast his cosmic horror approach to the Gothic one) The Yellow Wallpaper by Gilman compare with modern cinematic treatments of horror---The Shining, The Cabin in the Woods compare with modern treatments of vampires and werewolves---Buffy, Supernatural, etc (suppose we'll have to touch on Twilight) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) Novels Wuthering Heights (Bronte) Picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde)Turn of the Screw (James) Northanger Abbey (Austen) -- parody of gothic romances something by Stephen King Novellas Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Stevenson) -- free guide from PenguinHound of the Baskervilles (Doyle)Haunting of Hill House (Jackson) Short StoriesThe Monkey's Paw (Jacobs)The Bottle Imp (Stevenson)The Signal Man (Dickens)Legend of Sleep Hollow (Irving)Frritt-Flacc (The Storm) (Verne)Queen of Spades (Pushkin) something by Edgar Allen Poe something by Nathaniel Hawthorne Possible Early Roots of Gothic Lit?? Bluebeard (fairy tale) Macbeth (Shakespeare) PoetryDarkness (Byron) Southern Gothic (Grotesque) Authors ?? William Faulkner Flannery O'Conner Films Young Frankenstein -- parody Resources - This brief article might give you some general themes to explore. - Look into overlaps with Romanticism. Look at 19th century Romantic art movements (one thread of that movement focused on madness and the supernatural). - This document has info at the beginning, and then later on some specific outlines and lesson plans for topics and works. Edited July 30, 2018 by Lori D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3andme Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Signum University has a Gothic Lit course that's not too expensive. It's a prerecorded class taught by a college professor. Here's the original syllabus. Here's their promo video for the course. If you're open to a live online class, Landry Academy has an American Gothic course and one called Monsters and Madmen which might also work (it includes Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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