ENG-315 Ghosties and Ghoulies and Long-Leggedy
Beasties: the Supernatural in British
Literature
Full Title: Ghosties and Ghoulies and
Long-Leggedy
Beasties: the Supernatural in British Literature.
By examining the specters that have haunted the
last two hundred years of British fiction, this
course will explore the applicability of the
supernatural as a vehicle for expressing
transgressions against cultural and literary
conventions. Canonical and non-canonical authors
have imaginatively and effectively summoned the
supernatural to animate tensions embedded in
class structure, gender and family dynamics,
imperial possessions, science and religion,
realism and fantasy, and the permeability of
language.(Literature Seminars)
Prerequisites: Two 200-level Introduction to
Literary Studies course (any version).
Prerequisite
Two 200-level literature course (any version)must be
completed prior to registering for this course.