TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) develop critical and theoretical approaches to American Gothic Fiction, 2) contextualize and historicize characteristics of American Gothic Fiction. 3) relate American Gothic Fiction to the gothic tradition
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION	s course presents a historical survey of the development of Gothic fiction in the US, from the 19th century to the contemporary period, with a particular focus on the Southern Grotesque. The aim of this course is to acquaint students with the dominant themes of Gothic literature such as the uncanny, the double, violence, and fear, the literary motifs based on the dichotomies of good and evil, light and dark, rationality and irrationality, real and fantastic, sacred and profane, supernatural and natural, past and present, and civilized and barbaric and the narrative techniques that emphasize the stereotypical characteristics of the Gothic genre such as excess, transgression, and ambiguity through a selection of Gothic works.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction: The Gothic Tradition 2nd Week The generic and narrative characteristics of gothic fiction 3rd Week Southern Gothic 4th Week Edgar Allan Poe: Selected Stories 5th Week H. P. Lovecraft: Selected Stories 6th Week Flannery O?Connor: Selected Stories 7th Week Joyce Carol Oates: Selected Stories 8th Week Midterm Exam 9th Week The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson 10th Week The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson 11th Week Stephen King: Selected Stories 12th Week Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders 13th Week Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders 14th Week Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders 15th Week Revision 16th Week
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Cornwell, Neil. The Literary Fantastic: from Gothic to Postmodernism. 1990. Ellis, Markman. The History of Gothic Fiction, Edinburgh University Press, 2001. Heiland, Donna. Gothic and Gender: an Introduction. Blackwell, 2004. Mulvey, Roberts Marie. The Handbook to Gothic Literature. Macmillan 1998. Norton, Rictor. Gothic Readings: The First Wave, 1764-1840. Leicester UP, 2000. Punter, David. A Companion to the Gothic. London: Blackwell, 2001. Punter, David. The Literature of Terror: A History of Gothic fictions from 1765 to the Present Day. Longman, 1996. Spooner, Catherine, ed. The Routledge Companion to Gothic. Routledge, 2007. Wright, Angela. Gothic Fiction. Palgrave 2007.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 15 Quiz 1 10 Presentation of Article 1 5 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz 1 4 4 Individual or group work 14 3 42 Preparation for Final exam 1 8 8 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 8 8 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 1 5 5 Article Presentation 1 5 5 Total Workload 118 Total Workload / 30 3,93 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No