Dates
| weekly | Tuesday | 18:15 - 19:45 | 12.10.2026 - 29.01.2027 | C 3.120 Seminarraum |
Curriculum context
Resit date: No resit date will be offered to this assessment, because it is didactically inseparably connected with one of the associated courses. A resit will only be possible, if the module is available again.
Organizational information
Registration
Registration does not begin until 02.10.2026 at 08:00. It ends on 12.10.2026 at 23:59.
Persons
Content
This course examines the longstanding fascination with the uncanny. Reading a broad range of Gothic and horror fiction from the eighteenth century to the present, we will explore how these texts generate a sense of unease and dread through atmosphere, affect, and narrative ambiguity, while at the same time producing a paradoxical sense of pleasure. We will discuss recurring motifs and formal strategies, as well as the ways Gothic and horror fiction are articulations of deeply rooted cultural anxieties, for instance, surrounding technology, ecology, the return of the repressed, etc.
Texts to be purchased:
Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House [1959]. Penguin Classics, 2009.
Robinson, Eden. Monkey Beach. Vintage Canada Edition, 2001.
All other texts will be made available.
Students
- understand the history and conventions of Gothic and horror literature
- can contextualize literary texts from different periods against the backdrop of their time, place, and culture
- can analyze genre aspects and narrative strategies
- term paper (approx. 15 pages)
Evaluation
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