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67579-01 - Seminar: American Horror Fiction (3 KP)
| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2023 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Daniel Ortiz (daniel.ortiz@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | H.P. Lovecraft called fear "the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind." This class will be about the literature of fear in America. We will pay particular attention to the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe and Lovecraft before reading three representative twentieth-century horror novels and watching the film "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". We will supplement our primary texts with critical pieces dealing with questions about horror’s status as a relatively new genre based on ancient emotions, its aesthetic value along with its moral and political complexities, and its distinctively American development of the European Gothic tradition. Our texts will include ghosts, madmen, witches, serial killers, cults, telekinetic powers, unnamed and unnamable cosmic beings, cannibalism, and Wall Street financiers: everything strange and terrible lurking in the backwoods, suburban lawns, and city-streets of the United States. |
| Lernziele | Students will gain an in-depth understanding of horror as a genre and its place within the literary culture of the United States. We will approach our texts with careful attention to their formal, aesthetic features while also employing a range of theoretical methods. |
| Literatur | Please purchase the following texts in their respective editions, available at the Labyrinth bookstore: - Shirley Jackson, "The Haunting of Hill House" (Penguin). - Stephen King, "Carrie" (Anchor). - Brett Easton Ellis, "American Psycho" (Knopf). All other texts will be uploaded on ADAM. |
| Bemerkungen | Please note that our course material—particularly "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "American Psycho"—contains violent, disturbing imagery. |
| Weblink | ADAM |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | This seminar is for BA students on the advanced level who have completed ALL three introductory modules (including the proseminar papers). |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Please sign up via services.unibas.ch and by e-mail to daniel.ortiz@unibas.ch. Places are limited to 25. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | Online-Angebot fakultativ |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Montag | 10.15-12.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 103 |
Einzeltermine
| Datum | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|
| Montag 20.02.2023 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Rosshofgasse (Schnitz), Seminarraum S 02 |
| Montag 27.02.2023 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Fasnachstferien |
| Montag 06.03.2023 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Rosshofgasse (Schnitz), Seminarraum S 02 |
| Montag 13.03.2023 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Rosshofgasse (Schnitz), Seminarraum S 02 |
| Montag 20.03.2023 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Rosshofgasse (Schnitz), Seminarraum S 02 |
| Montag 27.03.2023 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Rosshofgasse (Schnitz), Seminarraum S 02 |
| Montag 03.04.2023 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Rosshofgasse (Schnitz), Seminarraum S 02 |
| Montag 10.04.2023 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Ostern |
| Montag 17.04.2023 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Rosshofgasse (Schnitz), Seminarraum S 02 |
| Montag 24.04.2023 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Rosshofgasse (Schnitz), Seminarraum S 02 |
| Montag 01.05.2023 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Tag der Arbeit |
| Montag 08.05.2023 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Rosshofgasse (Schnitz), Seminarraum S 02 |
| Montag 15.05.2023 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Rosshofgasse (Schnitz), Seminarraum S 02 |
| Montag 22.05.2023 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 103 |
| Module |
Modul: Advanced Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Bachelor Studienfach: Englisch) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | The course will require regular attendance and participation in class discussions. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |