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Class number:
2935
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Title: The Art of Horror |
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Department: English |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 15 |
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Current enrollment: 18 |
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Available seats: 0 |
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Start date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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End date: Friday, May 9, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MW: 8:30AM-9:45AM, SH - N217 |
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Instructor(s): Rutherford, Ethan |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement |
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Note: For majors enrolled before December 2023, this course fulfills the requirement of a 200-level elective. For majors enrolled after January 2024, this course fulfills the post 1800 requirement, the elective requirement, or may be an additional literature or film course. |
Course Description:
Horror remains an immensely popular and profitable genre. From the pulp
thrills of Stephen King to the literary intensity of Carmen Miranda
Manchado, from the gory pleasures of The Night of the Living Dead to the
anxious social critiques of Get Out, horror provides an embodied experience,
provoking feelings of dread, disgust, uncertainty, and unease. This class
examines how artists have sought to produce those feelings through
recognizable conventions and sophisticated innovations. Exemplary topics
will include the monstrous feminine (Carrie & Rosemary's Baby), the neogothic
(Yoko Ogawa & Helen Oyeyemi), and modern hauntings (The
Shining & The Conjuring). Students will write creatively and analytically
within the history of the genre and its techniques. |