Overview
Description
Sustained critical-theoretical analysis of literary horror in one or more genres, periods, or modes. May consider horror as an instrument of critique or a symptom of cultural anxieties.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting horror texts.
- analyze a work of horror literature in its cultural and historical contexts.
- articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to horror literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
- identify the conventions, tropes, and sensibilities of horror literature.
- apply knowledge of horror in literature to their area of specialization.