School of Humanities \ English Language and Literature
Course Credit
ECTS Credit
Course Type
Instructional Language
Programs that can take the course
In this course, the Gothic style, its historical development and function, different types of its use and its major authors, themes and styles. The continuing popularity of The reasons behind it and its usefulness in expressing the repressed, the taboo, the inexplicable are discussed. A survey of Gothic literature, starting with early examples and focusing on important works from different periods. the selection is read and analyzed.
Textbook and / or References
The Cambridge Companion to Gothic Fiction (Ed. Jerrold E. Hogle)
Art of Darkness: A Poetics of Gothic, Anne Williams
The Gothic and Theory: An Edinburgh Companion (Eds. Jerrold E. Hogle and Robert Miles)
This course aims to provide students with an in-depth understanding of English literature, the connections between popular and serious art, and a style that remains popular today and is influential in many different fields such as film, TV series, painting, fashion, etc. through the study of Gothic Literature, which is both a genre of popular literature and a style often used in more serious genres of literature, and to gain an important cultural background in these subjects. In this way, a solid foundation is created for the departmental elective courses that students will take later on.
1. Students will be able to understand the characteristics of the Gothic genre and distinguish it from other genres
2. Students will have knowledge about the development of Gothic literature and important works from different periods.
3. Students will be able to interpret and analyze various works of Gothic literature from different perspectives.
Week 1: Gothic: historical development and distinctive features
Week 2: Gothic as a genre and a style
Week 3: 18th Century Gothic Novel: The Romance of the Forest, Ann Raddcliffe
Week 4: "Christabel" (1816), S. T. Coleridge
Week 5: "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" (1819), John Keats
Week 6: "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839), "The Raven" (1845), Edgar Allen Poe
Week 7: Dracula (1897), Bram Stoker
Week 8: "The Yellow Wallpaper" (1892), Charlotte P. Gillman
Week 9: "The Outsider" (1926), H. P. Lovecraft
Week 10: Movies: Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier & A. Hitchcock; Psycho (1960), Robert Bloch & Alfred Hitchcock
Week 11: Animations: Vincent (1982), Tim Burton; Coraline (2002), Neil Gaiman
Week 12: Song: "Where the Wild Roses Grow", Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue
Tentative Assesment Methods
• Midterm Exam 40 %
• Final 60 %
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