Gothic Short Stories

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course introduces students to the Gothic short story. Areas of focus will include the history and development of the short story as prose fiction form, the print and publication market, and the many subgenres. The short story is a distinctive lens through which to view gothic literature's preoccupation with social, political, scientific, and moral issues. Students will also develop an understanding of the formal and thematic qualities of the gothic short story as a genre. Readings will include a variety of Anglophone authors.