07:20 PM to 10:00 PM M
Innovation Hall 336
Section Information for Spring 2019
In this course we will read nineteenth-century American Gothic fiction. In particular, we will focus on Gothic texts that defy the plot of heterosexual coupling, texts that leverage the Gothic as a way to explore queer social-sexual forms and desires. This exploration will take us to the work of well-known authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry James, as well as new canonical writers such as Mary Wilkins Freeman and Sarah Orne Jewett. We will also trace the queer Gothic as it manifests in African-American literature of the period through our readings of works by Harriet Jacobs and Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins. All along, we will take up contemporary works of queer theory that emphasize temporality and spectrality, placing them in conversation with the queer theorizations offered by our primary literary texts.
As an advance research seminar, this course will provide students the opportunity to learn advanced research methods. We will conduct research using digital and traditional archives, including the Library of Congress. Students will be asked to design research projects that advance their personal and professional interests: academic research essays, creative writing projects, course modules, and edited versions of hitherto unavailable Gothic texts are just a few of the possible final projects students may pursue in ENGH 646.
Credits: 3
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
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