Defining Our Terms
August 24 “Introductions and Beginnings”
August 29 “Frightened/Frightening Children”
In class:
What Is So Scary about Eyes and Mirrors?
What Is So Scary about Eyes and Mirrors?
August 31 “Dystopia and the Bizarre”
In class:
Down the Rabbit Hole!
Down the Rabbit Hole!
September 5
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
September 7 “Defining the Uncanny”
In class:
Does Theory Help or Harm?
Does Theory Help or Harm?
Reading:
Sigmund Freud, pages 233-252
Sigmund Freud, pages 233-252
Parisian Anxieties
September 12 “Baudelaire and Terrible Beauty”
In class:
Has It All Been Said Before?
Has It All Been Said Before?
September 14 “Angry Escapes”
In class:
The Doors, Patti Smith, and beyond
The Doors, Patti Smith, and beyond
September 14: FIRST ASSIGNMENT DUE (2-page essay)
September 16
MUSEUM VISIT: All Discussion Sections Visit the Blanton Museum
September 19 “To Sleep Perchance to Dream”
In class:
Doré’s Bad Dreams, or How to Design your Nightmare
Doré’s Bad Dreams, or How to Design your Nightmare
September 21 “Control(Freaking)ing Your World”
In class:
Moreau’s and Rédon’s Hallucinations
Moreau’s and Rédon’s Hallucinations
Reading:
Huysmans, pages 44-61
Huysmans, pages 44-61
September 26 “Eros and Thanatos”
In class:
“The Women of Klimt and Schiele”
“The Women of Klimt and Schiele”
Reading:
Huysmans, pages 82-91, 103-14
Huysmans, pages 82-91, 103-14
September 28 “Waking Up”
In class:
Absinthe Art
Absinthe Art
Reading:
Huysmans, pages 164-181
Huysmans, pages 164-181
London’s Secrets
October 3 “Daydreaming and Decadence”
In class:
Decadent London?
Decadent London?
Reading:
Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), pages 1-49
Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), pages 1-49
October 5 “The Art of Necrophilia”
In class:
How Many More Ophelias?
How Many More Ophelias?
Reading:
Wilde, pages 50-104
Wilde, pages 50-104
October 5: SECOND ASSIGNMENT DUE (research report)
October 10 “The Beautiful Allure of Evil”
In class:
Schoenberg’s “Glances” and Mapplethorpe’s photographs
Schoenberg’s “Glances” and Mapplethorpe’s photographs
Reading:
Wilde, 105-65
Wilde, 105-65
October 12 “The Price of Beauty and Eternal Youth”
In class:
Nostalgia for Your Own Past
Nostalgia for Your Own Past
Reading:
Wilde, 166-254
Wilde, 166-254
October 12: PART 1 OF “DREAM ANALYSES” DUE
Occidental/Oriental Nightmares
October 17 “New Urban Terrors”
In class:
Dystopic London?
Dystopic London?
Reading:
Stoker, Dracula (1897), pages 9-74
Stoker, Dracula (1897), pages 9-74
October 19 “Old Country Terrors”
In class:
The Kindness of Strangers and Encountering the Alien
The Kindness of Strangers and Encountering the Alien
Reading:
Stoker, pages, 75-147
Stoker, pages, 75-147
October 24 “Angels and Devils”
In class:
What Makes a Woman Modern? And Scary?
What Makes a Woman Modern? And Scary?
Reading:
Stoker, pages 147-204
Stoker, pages 147-204
October 24: THIRD ASSIGNMENT DUE (prospectus)
October 26 “What Exactly Is the Attraction of Vampires”
In class:
Sparkle, Or Who Exactly Is In Love With Whom?
Sparkle, Or Who Exactly Is In Love With Whom?
Reading:
Stoker, pages 204-273
Stoker, pages 204-273
October 31 “Does Terror Age Gracefully?”
In class:
New Hatreds and New Vampires
New Hatreds and New Vampires
Reading:
Stoker, pages 273-327
Stoker, pages 273-327
Moscow’s Demons and Dogs
November 2 “Animal Apparitions”
In class:
Images by Steinlen, Bilibin, Vrubel and Repin
Images by Steinlen, Bilibin, Vrubel and Repin
Reading:
Poe, “The Black Cat” (1843)
Poe, “The Black Cat” (1843)
November 7 “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears”
In class:
Outcasts, Veterans, and Bandits
Outcasts, Veterans, and Bandits
Reading:
Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog, pages 1-45
Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog, pages 1-45
November 9 “Scientific Dystopia and the Uncanny Valley”
In class:
Cyborgs and Clones
Cyborgs and Clones
Reading:
Bulgakov, pages 46-85
Bulgakov, pages 46-85
November 14 “More and Less than Human”
In class:
More and Less than Human
More and Less than Human
Reading:
Bulgakov, pages 86-123
Bulgakov, pages 86-123
November 16 “What Exactly Is Surrealism?”
In class:
Magritte, Dalì, and friends
Magritte, Dalì, and friends
November 21/23
No lectures/Sections do meet: Individual Work on Long Paper Revisions with Peer Reviewers, TAs, and Instructor
November 28 “Surrealist Film”
In class:
None
None
Reading:
Dahl, “The Landlady” (1959)
Dahl, “The Landlady” (1959)
November 28: PART 2 OF “BOOK OF DREAM ANALYSES” DUE
November 30 “Farewells and Endings”
December 2
REWRITES DUE IN SECTION
December 5
INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS ABOUT ANY FINAL ASSIGNMENTS