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The English Gothic Novel of the 18th Century- Dozent/in
- Dr. Kerstin-Anja Münderlein
- Angaben
- Proseminar
Rein Präsenz
2 SWS
Gender und Diversität, Erweiterungsbereich, Unterrichtssprache Englisch
Zeit und Ort: Do 14:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- 1. Module Allocation:
Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft/ freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS und Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar max. 6 ECTS
LA Gym: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2023, 10:00 23.04.2023, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
- Inhalt
- When Horace Walpole “invented” the Gothic novel in 1764, little did he know what would happen to the new style of writing he introduced with his novella The Castle of Otranto. While the book itself was moderately successful in its own time, it sparked a genre that would take around 25 years to full develop and then dominate the literary scene for another 25 years. Haunted castles, gloomy mountains, oppressed heroines and brooding villains, banditti, ghosts, demons and dark aesthetics were “the rage” in the late 18th century and fascinated thousands of readers – and have continues to fascinate millions more. The excesses of the Gothic novel shock, provoke, and thrill contemporary and modern readers alike while they at the same time often cross into the (unwittingly) ridiculous. The Gothic novel has fascinated readers and (much late) scholars alike and Gothic has meanwhile become more than a genre.
This course specifically looks at the English Gothic novel of the long eighteenth century, starting with the universally acknowledged first Gothic text, The Castle of Otranto. We will study some of the most iconic and best-studied Gothic novels of the so called “first wave” of the 18th-century Gothic novel. Over the course of the semester, we will have a look at “female” and “male” Gothic, settings, aesthetics and further generic markers of the Gothic with the help of the primary reading. We will conclude the semester by looking at the Gothic Parody, a derivative genre of the Gothic novel with excerpts provide on the VC.
Students should be advised that this course will be very reading intensive as the primary sources tend to be rather long.
- Empfohlene Literatur
- Obligatory reading:
The following full texts must be prepared by the third week of the semester:
Beckford, William. Vathek. 1786.
Lewis, M.G. The Monk. 1796.
Radcliffe, Ann. The Mysteries of Udolpho. 1794.
Walpole, Horace. The Castle of Otranto. 2nd edition.
Excerpts from these texts will be provided on the VC over the course of the semester:
Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey. 1818.
Beckford, William. Azemia. 2nd edition. 1798
Burke, Edmund. On the Sublime and Beautiful. 1757.
Secondary literature will be provided via the VC.
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Title:
- The English Gothic Novel of the 18th Century
- Credits: 6
- Prerequisites
- 1. Module Allocation:
Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft/ freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS und Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar max. 6 ECTS
LA Gym: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2023, 10:00 23.04.2023, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
- Contents
- When Horace Walpole “invented” the Gothic novel in 1764, little did he know what would happen to the new style of writing he introduced with his novella The Castle of Otranto. While the book itself was moderately successful in its own time, it sparked a genre that would take around 25 years to full develop and then dominate the literary scene for another 25 years. Haunted castles, gloomy mountains, oppressed heroines and brooding villains, banditti, ghosts, demons and dark aesthetics were “the rage” in the late 18th century and fascinated thousands of readers – and have continues to fascinate millions more. The excesses of the Gothic novel shock, provoke, and thrill contemporary and modern readers alike while they at the same time often cross into the (unwittingly) ridiculous. The Gothic novel has fascinated readers and (much late) scholars alike and Gothic has meanwhile become more than a genre.
This course specifically looks at the English Gothic novel of the long eighteenth century, starting with the universally acknowledged first Gothic text, The Castle of Otranto. We will study some of the most iconic and best-studied Gothic novels of the so called “first wave” of the 18th-century Gothic novel. Over the course of the semester, we will have a look at “female” and “male” Gothic, settings, aesthetics and further generic markers of the Gothic with the help of the primary reading. We will conclude the semester by looking at the Gothic Parody, a derivative genre of the Gothic novel with excerpts provide on the VC.
Students should be advised that this course will be very reading intensive as the primary sources tend to be rather long.
- Literature
- Obligatory reading:
The following full texts must be prepared by the third week of the semester:
Beckford, William. Vathek. 1786.
Lewis, M.G. The Monk. 1796.
Radcliffe, Ann. The Mysteries of Udolpho. 1794.
Walpole, Horace. The Castle of Otranto. 2nd edition.
Excerpts from these texts will be provided on the VC over the course of the semester:
Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey. 1818.
Beckford, William. Azemia. 2nd edition. 1798
Burke, Edmund. On the Sublime and Beautiful. 1757.
Secondary literature will be provided via the VC.
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 15
- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Englische Literaturwissenschaft
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