VAMPIRES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the evolving characteristics of vampire traditions from early nineteenth-century European folklore through European and American literature, film, and other media. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the interplay between folklore and authored cultural works over time, with examples drawn from the circulation of vampire concepts between informal and authored products. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Interpret representations of the vampire in relation to historical and cultural situations, with particular reference to colonization, race, gender, sexuality, and class. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the evolving characteristics of vampire traditions from early nineteenth-century European folklore through European and American literature, film, and other media. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the interplay between folklore and authored cultural works over time, with examples drawn from the circulation of vampire concepts between informal and authored products. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Interpret representations of the vampire in relation to historical and cultural situations, with particular reference to colonization, race, gender, sexuality, and class. Audience: Undergraduate