Gothic Literature
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL4346 | English | 4 | N/A | April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK |
- Code
- ENGL4346
- School
- English
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- N/A
- Semesters
- April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK
Summary
This pod will provide students with knowledge and understanding of the Gothic as a literary mode, analysing a range of texts from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Emphasis will be placed not only on understanding the cultural contexts out of which the texts in question emerged, but also on tracing lines of intellectual inheritance and cultural legacies across periods. We look at the origins of the Gothic, its aesthetic dimensions and thematic concerns, how it relates to its historical context, and ways in which it subverts, explores or challenges wider intellectual and cultural movements like Rationalism and the Enlightenment.
Target Students
Students registered on the School of English online masters scheme.
Assessment
- 100% Participation: Student Participation
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
This module comprises an optional component in the following pathways: Applied English, English Literature, and Romantic and Gothic Writing. As such, it contributes in its specific aims to the programme-level coverage of these pathways.Learning Outcomes
Critically discuss and analyse how Gothic literature engages with its historical and sociopolitical contexts.
Perform close formal analysis of literary texts, explaining their relations to literary or cultural movements such as the Gothic, Romanticism and the Enlightenment.
Explore one or more Gothic literary texts using appropriate historical or theoretical frameworks.
Demonstrate knowledge and skills acquired to the appropriate disciplinary and professional standard.
Assimilate and present subject-specific material in an appropriate format (assessed within the ‘Assessment Portfolio’ 1, 2 or 3).