Gothic Literature

AY2021/2022 Semester 1

This course will teach you the main characteristics of Gothic literature, as well as the cultural and historical contexts of its development. In addition to this, you will gain an in-depth understanding of some of the main authors associated with Gothic literature and their key texts. Students interested in literary depictions of horror, trauma, fanaticism, paranoia, and guilt should take this course. Students interested in the way historical events have shaped literary culture should also take this course. The main value of this course is that it concentrates on a major genre within literature in English.