SYLLABUS
ARLT 100:35257
Shocking Knowledge: Gothic and Science Fiction and the Literature of Self-Discovery
Devin Griffiths
Spring 2013
Contact Information:
Meetings:
Office Hours 1-4 pm Mondays
Office: Taper Hall 402K
Books (Available for purchase at the USC Bookstore):
Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho
(Penguin, ISBN-13: 978-0140437591)
Bram Stoker, Dracula
(Penguin, ISBN-13: 9780141439846)
H. G. Wells, The Time Machine
(Penguin, ISBN-13: 9780141439976)
Stephen King, It
(Signet, ISBN-13: 978-0451169518)
Kim Stanley Robinson, 2412
(Orbit, 978-0316098120) – Kindle edition also available.
H. P. Lovecraft, “The Mountains of Madness,” “The Shadow over Innsmouth”
Ridley Scott, Alien (1979).
Peter Jackson, District 9 (2009).
Richard Kelley, Donnie Darko (2001)
Fringe, Season 3, Ep. 9 “Marionette” (2010)
Evaluation:
25% Midterm, 35% Papers, 30% Facebook participation, 10% quizzes and in-class discussion and participation.
Films:
Rebecca, Blade Runner, Donnie Darko, Alien, District 9, Drag Me to Hell
Online discussions will be hosted through Facebook site. All other course materials, including lecture podcasts: Available on the Blackboard Site
Schedule:
I. Knowledge and Discovery
Jan. 15 Introduction, course syllabus and class responsibilities. Lecture: Knowledge in Fiction (Christabel)
Jan.. 17 Christabel Continued. Selections from Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
II. The Gothic
Jan. 22 Mysteries of Udolpho 1, Lecture on Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
Jan. 24 Mysteries of Udolpho II, Moers
Jan. 29 Mysteries of Udolpho III, Sedgwick
Jan. 31 Mysteries of Udolpho IV, Kelter
Feb. 5 Film: Rebecca
III. Weird Science
Feb. 7 Dracula I, N. Katherine Hayles.
Feb. 12 Dracula II
Feb. 14 Dracula III
Feb. 19 Dracula IV, Novak
Feb. 21 Eliot, “The Lifted Veil” Short Essay 1 Due
Feb. 26 Hawthorne, Rappacini’s Daughter, Fringe episode
IV. Knowledge of the Other
Feb. 28 Lovecraft, “The Mountains of Madness,”
Mar. 5 Film: Alien
Mar. 7 “The Shadow over Innsmouth,” “Supernatural Horror in Literature” (H. P. Lovecraft)
Mar. 12 Midterm
Mar. 14 The Time Machine
************* SPRING BREAK ************
Mar. 26 Finish The Time Machine; Film: Donnie Darko
Mar. 28 Selections from The Unity of Nature, George Douglass Campbell Argyll
Trip to Museum of Jurassic Technology
Mar. 31 Octavia Butler, “Bloodchild”
Apr. 2 Film: District 9 (Think of Freud and the Uncanny)
V. History, Horror and Science Fiction
Apr. 4 It Short Essay 2 Due
Apr. 9 It
Apr. 11 Film: Drag Me to Hell
Apr. 16 It
Apr. 18 It
Apr. 23 2412
Apr. 25 2412
Apr. 30 2412
May 2 2412
Final Paper Due on Final Exam Date
All Papers Due at Noon
Essays: Essays 1 and 2 will be short, 4-5 page (800-1000 word) close readings of specific passages from the work. The Final Essay will be a longer, 7-8 page (1400 to 1600 words) research paper that approaches the close reading using 6-8 secondary sources. It may be based on one of the earlier two papers.
Course Policies
Plagiarism:
As students at USC you are bound by the University honor code and
required to respect intellectual property rights. Please review
the
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