The Gothic - AIE2220

Assessment 1: Written plan

500-word plan for the first summative assessment

Project plan

Assessment 2: Oral Assessment

Fifteen minute group presentation using appropriate presentation tools.

Group presentation

Assessment 1: Written Assignment

Proposal for an exhibition, to include: overall rationale for the theme, site and timing of the exhibition (300 words); text for three main information panels (700 words); 3-5 images, documents or objects to accompany each set text; commentary explaining the relationship between items and literary texts / themes of the module (1500); statement of benefits to stakeholders (200); self-reflective commentary (800).

Written Assignment

Gothic emerged as the dark twin of Enlightenment in the eighteenth century and has remained perennially popular ever since. Gothic novels, ghost stories and horror films offer scintillating and often scandalous popular entertainment, while counterbalancing the values of modernity and order celebrated in realism and rational philosophy. This module will explore the origins and development of the Gothic, from its emergence in the age of revolutions and Regency decadence, through nineteenth-century parodies and re-appropriations, to its manifold transformations within the cultural industries of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

School of Arts and Humanities

Indicative reading list entries include:

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<li>Armitt, L. (2011). History of the gothic: Twentieth-century gothic. University of Wales Press.</li>
<li>Austen, J., &amp; Butler, M. (2003). Northanger abbey. Penguin Books.</li>
<li>Horner, A., &amp; Zlosnik, S. (2016). Women and the gothic: An Edinburgh companion. Edinburgh University Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748699131" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748699131</a></li>
<li>Piatti-Farnell L., Brien D. L.(Eds.), New directions in 21st-century gothic: The gothic compass. Routledge. <a href="https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315749419" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315749419</a></li>
<li>Shelley, M. W., &amp; Butler, M. (2008). Frankenstein, or, the modern prometheus: The 1818 text (New ed.). Oxford University Press.</li>
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English Literature

AIE2220 - The Gothic

The Gothic

Effectively communicate the outcomes of independent study in written and oral assignments

Understand the social and historical contexts that shape the development of the Gothic in wider culture

Demonstrate critical skills in the contextual analysis and close reading of literary texts

Understand the distinctive qualities and characteristics of the Gothic as a literary genre

Understand the role and significance of literary and popular fiction in reflecting historical change and responding to controversial ideas

Collaborate effectively with peers to produce a high-quality multimedia output