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3.02.120: S Accounts of the Count: Dracula Rising
 
3.02.120: S Accounts of the Count: Dracula Rising
  
[Module] ang612 - Periods and Key Figures
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* [Module] ang612 - Periods and Key Figures
  
[Credits] 6 KP
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* [Credits] 6 KP
  
[Instructor] Dr. Christian Lassen
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* [Instructor] Dr. Christian Lassen
  
[Time] Tuesday, 8-10 am
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* [Time] Tuesday, 8-10 am
  
[Room] A01 0-005
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* [Room] A01 0-005; ''until further notice'': video conferences for presentation groups; power point presentations; chat (via Stud.IP or "meeting.uol")
  
[Description] The seminar is at the same time an homage to and an analysis of the world's most famous (and arguably most creepy) vampire: Count Dracula. Approaching the topic from a neo-Victorian angle, the course aims to trace the aspects that inspire and eventually necessitate a revision of this Victorian revenant. Revisiting this character will lead us to address issues as diverse as gender and sexuality, colonization, drug addiction, fans, fandoms and intertextuality. Consequently, we will discuss a number of Victorian and neo-Victorian texts, all of which have in common that they engage in a confrontation with the past in order to reassess and rewrite Victorian horror stories whose influence shape British culture up to the present day.
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* [Description] The seminar is at the same time an homage to and an analysis of the world's most famous (and arguably most creepy) vampire: Count Dracula. Approaching the topic from a neo-Victorian angle, the course aims to trace the aspects that inspire and eventually necessitate a revision of this Victorian revenant. Revisiting this character will lead us to address issues as diverse as gender and sexuality, colonization, drug addiction, fans, fandoms and intertextuality. Consequently, we will discuss a number of Victorian and neo-Victorian texts, all of which have in common that they engage in a confrontation with the past in order to reassess and rewrite Victorian horror stories whose influence shape British culture up to the present day.
  
[Office Hours] see Stud.IP; until further notice, office hours will be held via video conference. Please sign up for a time slot on my Stud.IP profile ("Sprechstunden") and you will receive a link to the virtual conference room.
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* [Office Hours] see Stud.IP; until further notice, office hours will be held via video conference. Please sign up for a time slot on my Stud.IP profile ("Sprechstunden") and you will receive a link to the virtual conference room.
  
  
 
'''PRIMARY TEXTS'''
 
'''PRIMARY TEXTS'''
  
Polidori, Jon. "The Vampyre." 1819. ''The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre''. Oxford: OUP, 2008. 1-24. Print.
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* Polidori, Jon. "The Vampyre." 1819. ''The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre''. Oxford: OUP, 2008. 1-24. Print.
  
Sheridan Le Fanu, J. "Carmilla." 1872. ''In a Glass Darkly''. Oxford: OUP, 2008. 243-319. Print.
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* Sheridan Le Fanu, J. "Carmilla." 1872. ''In a Glass Darkly''. Oxford: OUP, 2008. 243-319. Print.
  
Stoker, Bram. ''Dracula''. 1897. Eds. Nina Auerbach and David J. Skal. New York and London: Norton, 1997. Print.
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* Stoker, Bram. ''Dracula''. 1897. Eds. Nina Auerbach and David J. Skal. New York and London: Norton, 1997. Print.
  
''Interview with a Vampire''. 1994. Dir. Neil Jordan. Perf. Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Kirsten Dunst. Warner Bros., 2003. DVD.
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* ''Interview with a Vampire''. 1994. Dir. Neil Jordan. Perf. Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Kirsten Dunst. Warner Bros., 2003. DVD.
  
''Ed Wood''. 1994. Dir. Tim Burton. Perf. Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, and Bill Murray. Buena Vista Pictures, 2003. DVD.
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* ''Ed Wood''. 1994. Dir. Tim Burton. Perf. Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, and Bill Murray. Buena Vista Pictures, 2003. DVD.
  
''Twilight''. 2008. Dir. Catherine Hardwicke. Perf. Kristen Steward and Robert Pattinson. Summit Entertainment, 2010. DVD.
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* ''Twilight''. 2008. Dir. Catherine Hardwicke. Perf. Kristen Steward and Robert Pattinson. Summit Entertainment, 2010. DVD.
  
  
 
'''ASSIGNMENTS'''
 
'''ASSIGNMENTS'''
  
[Prüfungsleistung] Referat (45 min.) mit Schriftlicher Ausarbeitung (10 Seiten) [oder Hausarbeit (15 Seiten)]
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* [Prüfungsleistung] (Gruppen-)Referat (max. 4 Personen; 45-60 min.) mit Schriftlicher Ausarbeitung (10 Seiten) [oder in Ausnahmefällen: Hausarbeit (15 Seiten)]
  
[Aktive Teilnahme] 3 Abstracts, jeweils inklusive Thema, Forschungsstand, These und Outline des Arguments (approx. 1 page)
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* [Aktive Teilnahme] 4 Abstracts, jeweils inklusive Thema, Forschungsstand, These und Outline des Arguments (approx. 1 page)
  
 
Please note that written assignments (abstracts, short term papers, long term papers) need to be composed according to the style sheet ("Leitfaden")of the University of Oldenburg, which can be accessed via the 'Institutswiki'-page of the English department. The style sheet not only provides relevant information on how to write a correct bibliography but it may also help you to structure your work according to academic standards.
 
Please note that written assignments (abstracts, short term papers, long term papers) need to be composed according to the style sheet ("Leitfaden")of the University of Oldenburg, which can be accessed via the 'Institutswiki'-page of the English department. The style sheet not only provides relevant information on how to write a correct bibliography but it may also help you to structure your work according to academic standards.
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Please make sure to sign the "Erklärung zum 'Plagiat'" and to attach it to your research papers.
 
Please make sure to sign the "Erklärung zum 'Plagiat'" and to attach it to your research papers.
  
[Abgabefrirst] September, 15, 2020.  
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* [Abgabefrist] September, 15, 2020.  
  
  
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'''Organisational Matters'''
 
'''Organisational Matters'''
  
- Presentation Topics
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* Assignments
  
- Active Participation/ Abstracts
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* Presentation Topics and Presentation Groups
  
- Assignmnets
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* Active Participation
  
- Seminarapparat
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Active Participation is ungraded but mandatory. In order to fulfil the requirements, you will have to write four abstracts, each including a topic, a state of research, a thesis statement, and a brief outline of your argument (approx. 1 page), in the course of the seminar. You can choose your own topic; however: all abstracts have to address different primary texts. In other words, your abstracts will have to cover four out of six primary materials. They are due by the end of the week (i.e. Friday) that marks the ending of the respective sections, i.e. due date "The Vampyre": May, 01; due date "Carmilla": May, 08; due date ''Dracula'': May, 29; due date ''Interview With a Vampire'': June 12; due date ''Ed Wood'': June 26; due date ''Twilight'': July, 10)
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* Seminarapparat
  
 
==Session Two, April, 21: Theory Session==
 
==Session Two, April, 21: Theory Session==
  
'''Theory Texts'''
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'''Theory Text'''
 
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* Carroll, Samantha J. "Putting the 'Neo' Back Into 'Neo-Victorian': The Neo-Victorian Novel as Postmodern Revisionist Fiction." ''Neo-Victorian Studies'' 3.2 (2010): 172-205.
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* Llewellyn, Mark. "What Is Neo-Victorian Studies?" ''Neo-Victorian Studies'' 1.1 (2008): 164-85.
  
 
'''Further Reading'''
 
'''Further Reading'''
 
  
 
==Session Three, April, 28: Blood Brothers: Vampirism and Male Homoeroticism==
 
==Session Three, April, 28: Blood Brothers: Vampirism and Male Homoeroticism==
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'''Secondary Material'''
 
'''Secondary Material'''
* Auerbach, Nina. Our Vampires, Ourselves. Chicago and London: The U of Chicago P, 1995. 11-38.
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* Auerbach, Nina. ''Our Vampires, Ourselves''. Chicago and London: The U of Chicago P, 1995. 11-38.
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* Skarda, Patricia L. "Vampirism and Plagiarism: Byron's Influence and Polidori's Practice." ''SiR: Studies in Romanticism'' 28 (Summer 1989): 249-69.
  
'''Further Reading'''
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'''Presentation'''
* Skarda, Patricia L. "Vampirism and Plagiarism: Byron's Influence and Polidori's Practice." SiR: Studies in Romanticism 28 (Summer 1989): 249-69.
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* ''Presentation Group'':
  
 
==Session Four, May, 05: The Blood Countess: Vampirism, Sexology, and Female Same-Sex Desire==
 
==Session Four, May, 05: The Blood Countess: Vampirism, Sexology, and Female Same-Sex Desire==
  
 
'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
* Douglass, Frederick. ''Narrative of the Life of Frederic Douglass, an American Slave, Written By Himself''. 1845. Eds. William L. Andrews and William S. McFeely. New York: Norton, 2016. Print.
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* Sheridan Le Fanu, J. "Carmilla." 1872. ''In a Glass Darkly''. Oxford: OUP, 2008. 243-319. Print.  
  
 
'''Secondary Material'''
 
'''Secondary Material'''
* [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/Foner_True_Likenesses_geschutzt.pdf Foner, Eric. “True Likenesses.''Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction.'' New York: Vintage, 2005. 34-40. Print.]
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* Antrim Major, Adrienne. "Other Love: Le Fanu's Carmilla as Lesbian Gothic." ''Horrifying Sex: Essays on Sexual Difference in Gothic Literature''. Ed. Ruth Bienstock Anolik. Jefferson, NC, and London: McFarland, 2007. 151-66.
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* Palmer, Paulina. "The Lesbian Vampire: Transgressive Sexuality." ''Horrifying Sex: Essays on Sexual Difference in Gothic Literature''. Ed. Ruth Bienstock Anolik. Jefferson, NC, and London: McFarland, 2007. 203-32.
  
'''Analytical Tools'''
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''' Further Reading'''
*Handout: [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/handout_narratology_2018_10_12_2-seitig.pdf Narratology]
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* Auerbach, Nina. ''Our Vampires, Ourselves''. Chicago and London: The U of Chicago P, 1995. 38-60.
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'''Presentation'''
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* The Lady Is a Vamp, or: "Carmilla" and the Lesbian Origins of Vampirism
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* ''Presentation Group'':
  
 
==Session Five, May, 12: Blood v. Soil: Vampirism and (Reversed) Colonization==
 
==Session Five, May, 12: Blood v. Soil: Vampirism and (Reversed) Colonization==
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'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
* Douglass, Frederick. ''Narrative of the Life of Frederic Douglass, an American Slave, Written By Himself''. 1845. Eds. William L. Andrews and William S. McFeely. New York: Norton, 2016. Print.
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* Stoker, Bram. ''Dracula''. 1897. Eds. Nina Auerbach and David J. Skal. New York and London: Norton, 1997. Print.
  
 
'''Secondary Material'''
 
'''Secondary Material'''
* [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/Douglass_Reception-Speech_At-Finsbury-Chapel_1846-1_2seitig_geschutzt.pdf Douglass, Frederick. "Reception Speech. At Finsbury Chapel, Moorfields, England, May 22, 1846." ''My Bondage and My Freedom''. 1855. New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton and Mulligan, 1856. n.pag. Web.]
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* Arata, Stephen D. "The Occidental Tourist: ''Dracula'' and the Anxiety of Reverse Colonization." ''Victorian Studies'' 33.4 (Summer 1990): 621-45.
 
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* Viragh, Attila. "Can the Vampire Speak? ''Dracula'' as Discourse on Cultural Extinction." ''ELT'' 56.2 (2013): 231-45.
'''Analytical Tools'''
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*Handout: [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/handout_narratology_2018_10_12_2-seitig.pdf Narratology]
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    [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/ang070_assignment_01_slave_narrative_Harriet_Jacobs_1_.xpdf WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Non-Fiction" published]
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'''Presentation'''
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* The Empire Bites Back, or: Cultural Resistances to Colonization in ''Dracula''
  
    [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/ang070_assignment_01_slave_narrative_Harriet_Jacobs__sample_solution_1_.xpdf WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Non-Fiction": Sample solution]
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* ''Presentation Group'':
  
 
==Session Six, May, 19: Blood Samples: Vampirism, Addiction and Substance Abuse)==
 
==Session Six, May, 19: Blood Samples: Vampirism, Addiction and Substance Abuse)==
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'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
* Bechdel, Alison. ''Fun Home: A Family  Tragicomic''. London: Jonathan Cape, 2006. Print.
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* Stoker, Bram. ''Dracula''. 1897. Eds. Nina Auerbach and David J. Skal. New York and London: Norton, 1997. Print.
  
'''Secundary Material'''
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'''Secondary Material'''
* [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/Warhol_SpaceNarrativeFunHome_geschuetzt.pdf Warhol, Robyn. "The Space Between: A Narrative Approach to Alison Bechdel's Fun Home." Co''llege Literature'' 38.3 (2011): 1-20. Print."]
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* Aikens, Kristina. "Battling Addictions in ''Dracula''." ''Gothic Studies'' 11.2 (2009): 41-51.
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* Harrison, Debbie. "Doctors, Drugs, and Addiction: Professional Integrity in Peril at the Fin de Siècle." ''Gothic Studies'' 11.2 (2009): 52-62.
  
'''Analytical Tools'''
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'''Presentation'''
* Handout [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/2012-06-21_conceptual_tools_for_graphic_novel_analysis.pdf Conceptual Tools for the Analysis of Comics and Graphic Novels]
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*Addiction and Substance Abuse, or: Doctors, Drugs, and 'Degeneracy' in ''Dracula''
  
    [WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Non-Fiction" due]
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* ''Presentation Group'':
  
 
==Session Seven, May, 26: Blood Circulation: Vampirism and Male Homosociality==
 
==Session Seven, May, 26: Blood Circulation: Vampirism and Male Homosociality==
  
 
'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
* Bechdel, Alison. ''Fun Home: A Family  Tragicomic''. London: Jonathan Cape, 2006. Print.
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* Stoker, Bram. ''Dracula''. 1897. Eds. Nina Auerbach and David J. Skal. New York and London: Norton, 1997. Print.
  
 
'''Secondary Material'''
 
'''Secondary Material'''
* [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/Butler_Imitation_and_Gender_Insubordination_geschutzt.pdf Butler, Judith. "Imitation and Gender Insubordination." ''Inside/Out: Lesbian Theories, Gay Theories''. Ed. Diana Fuss. New York and London: Routledge, 1991. 13-31. Print.]
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* Craft, Christopher. ''Another Kind of Love: Male Homosexual Desire in English Discourse, 1850-1920''. Berkeley et al.: U of California P, 1994. 71-105.
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* Clark, Damion. "Preying on the Pervert: The Uses of Homosexual Panic in Bram Stoker's ''Dracula''." ''Horrifying Sex: Essays on Sexual Difference in Gothic Literature''. Ed. Ruth Bienstock Anolik. Jefferson, NC, and London: McFarland, 2007. 167-76.
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'''Further Reading'''
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* Schaffer, Talia. "'A Wilde Desire Took Me': The Homoerotic History of ''Dracula''." ''ELH'' 61.2 (Summer 1994): 381-425.
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'''Presentation'''
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* What You Get Is What You Give, or: Blood Donation, Male Homoeroticism, and Male Homosexual Panic
  
'''Analytical Tools'''
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* ''Presentation Group'':
* Handout [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/2012-06-21_conceptual_tools_for_graphic_novel_analysis.pdf Conceptual Tools for the Analysis of Comics and Graphic Novels]
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==Session Eight, June, 02: Blood Relations: Vampirism and the Queer Family==
 
==Session Eight, June, 02: Blood Relations: Vampirism and the Queer Family==
  
 
'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
* Bechdel, Alison. ''Fun Home: A Family  Tragicomic''. London: Jonathan Cape, 2006. Print.
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* ''Interview with a Vampire''. 1994. Dir. Neil Jordan. Perf. Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Kirsten Dunst. Warner Bros., 2003. DVD.
  
 
'''Secondary Material'''
 
'''Secondary Material'''
* [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/Butler_Imitation_and_Gender_Insubordination_geschutzt.xpdf TBA]
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* Benefiel, Candace R. "Blood Relations: The Gothic Perversion of the Nuclear Family in Anne Rice's ''Interview with the Vampire''." ''The Journal of Popular Culture'' 38.2 (2004): 261-73.
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* Bruhm, Steven. "Gothic Sexualities." ''Teaching the Gothic''Eds. Anna Powell and Andrew Smith. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. 93-106.
  
'''Analytical Tools'''
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'''Presentation'''
* Handout [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/2012-06-21_conceptual_tools_for_graphic_novel_analysis.pdf Conceptual Tools for the Analysis of Comics and Graphic Novels]
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* Feeding on Family Values, or: Ambivalent Representations of the Queer Family in ''Interview with the Vampire''
  
    [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/ang070_assignment_02_graphic_novel_maus.xpdf WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Graphic Novel" published]
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* ''Presentation Group'':
 
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    [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/ang070_assignment_02_graphic_novel_maus-sample.xpdf WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Graphic Novel": sample solution]
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==Session Nine, June, 09: Blood Disease: Vampirism and AIDS==
 
==Session Nine, June, 09: Blood Disease: Vampirism and AIDS==
  
 
'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
* ''Apocalypse Now''. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Perf. Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, and Dennis Hopper. 1979. Arthaus, 2019. DVD.
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* ''Interview with a Vampire''. 1994. Dir. Neil Jordan. Perf. Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Kirsten Dunst. Warner Bros., 2003. DVD.
  
''' Secondary Material'''
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'''Secondary Material'''''
* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012_Bischoff_Ordon_handhout_syntax_of_film.pdf Bischoff, Mark, and Ulrike Ordon, eds. ''The Syntax of Film: A Glossary'' 3rd ed. Seesen, 2012.]
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* Haggerty, George E. "Anne Rice and the Queering of Culture." ''Novel: A Forum on Fiction'' 32.1 (Autumn 1998): 5-18.
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* Auerbach, Nina. ''Our Vampires, Ourselves''. Chicago and London: The U of Chicago P, 1995. 163-92.
  
'''Analytical Tools'''
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'''Presentation'''
* Handout [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/2012-06-13_conceptual_tools_for_film_analysis_2seitig.pdf Conceptual tools for the Analysis of Film]
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* Dieting or Dying, or: AIDS, Abstinence, and Anti-Gay Policies of Blame
  
    [WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Graphic Novel" due]
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* ''Presentation Group'':
  
 
==Session Ten, June, 16: Stage Blood: Vampirism and Gender Performativity==
 
==Session Ten, June, 16: Stage Blood: Vampirism and Gender Performativity==
  
 
'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
* ''Apocalypse Now''. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Perf. Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, and Dennis Hopper. 1979. Arthaus, 2019. DVD.
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* ''Ed Wood''. 1994. Dir. Tim Burton. Perf. Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, and Bill Murray. Buena Vista Pictures, 2003. DVD.
  
''' Secondary Material'''
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'''Secondary Material'''
* [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/Butler_Imitation_and_Gender_Insubordination_geschutzt.xpdf TBA]
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* O'Brien, Harvey. "'Really? Worst Film You Ever Saw. Well, My Next One Will Be Better': Edward D. Wood Jr., Tim Burton and the Apotheosis of the Forsaken." ''Trash Culture: Objects and Obsolescence in Cultural Perspective''. Ed. Gillian Pye. Oxford et al.: Peter Lang, 2010. 221-238.
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* Latham, Rob. "Tim Burton's Trash Cinema Roots: Ed Wood and Mars Attacks!" ''The Works of Tim Burton: Margins to Mainstream''. Ed. Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 133-49.
  
'''Analytical Tools'''
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'''Presentation'''
* Handout [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/2012-06-13_conceptual_tools_for_film_analysis_2seitig.pdf Conceptual tools for the Analysis of Film]
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* Drag-cula, or: Gender, Performance, and Performativity in ''Ed Wood''
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* ''Presentation Group'':
  
 
==Session Eleven, June, 23: Blood Poisoning: Vampirism and Aging==
 
==Session Eleven, June, 23: Blood Poisoning: Vampirism and Aging==
  
 
'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
* ''Apocalypse Now''. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Perf. Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, and Dennis Hopper. 1979. Arthaus, 2019. DVD.
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* ''Ed Wood''. 1994. Dir. Tim Burton. Perf. Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, and Bill Murray. Buena Vista Pictures, 2003. DVD.
  
''' Secondary Material'''
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'''Secondary Material'''
* [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/Handler_CryingGameDifferenceIdentity_geschuetzt.xpdf TBA]
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* Lennard, Dominic. "'This is my art, and it is dangerous!': Tim Burton's Artist Heroes." ''The Works of Tim Burton: Margins to Mainstream''. Ed. Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 217-30.
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* Page, Edwin. ''Gothic Fantasy: The Films of Tim Burton''. London and New York: Marion Boyars, 2007. 128-42.
  
'''Analytical Tools'''
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'''Presentation'''
* Handout [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/2012-06-13_conceptual_tools_for_film_analysis_2seitig.pdf Conceptual tools for the Analysis of Film]
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* Drug-cula , or: Dying Divas (aka Whatever Happened to Bela Lugosi?)
  
    [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/ang070_assignment_03_film_The_Crying_Game.xpdf WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Film" published]
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* ''Presentation Group'':
 
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    [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/ang070_assignment_03_film_The_Crying_Game_sample-analysis.xpdf WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Film": sample solution]
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==Session Twelve, June, 30: Bloody Racists: Vampirism and White Supremacy==
 
==Session Twelve, June, 30: Bloody Racists: Vampirism and White Supremacy==
  
'''Skills and Activities'''
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'''Primary Material'''
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* ''Twilight''. 2008. Dir. Catherine Hardwicke. Perf. Kristen Steward and Robert Pattinson. Summit Entertainment, 2010. DVD.
  
Brief Report on 'Work in Progress': Your Term Paper Projects
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'''Secondary Material'''
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* Borgia, Danielle N. "''Twilight'': The Glamorization of Abuse, Codependency, and White Privilege." ''The Journal of Popular Culture'' 37.1 (2014): 152-73.
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* Jensen, Kristian. "Noble Werewolves or Native Shape-Shifters." ''The Twilight Mystique: Critical Essays on the Novels and Films''. Eds. Amy M. Clarke and Marijane Osborn. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010. 92-105.
  
*Handout [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/ang070_RPOplus_18_05_09_2-seitig.pdf RPOplus]
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'''Presentation'''
*Sample [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/Sample_RPOplus_Cult_18_05_09.pdf RPOplus]
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* Of Vampires and Werewolves, or: Racist Representations of Caucasian and Native American Stereotypes in ''Twilight''
  
    [WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Film" due]
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* ''Presentation Group'':
  
 
==Session Thirteen, July, 07: Bloody Misogynists: Vampirism and Anti-Feminism==
 
==Session Thirteen, July, 07: Bloody Misogynists: Vampirism and Anti-Feminism==
  
'''Skills and Activities'''
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'''Primary Material'''
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* ''Twilight''. 2008. Dir. Catherine Hardwicke. Perf. Kristen Steward and Robert Pattinson. Summit Entertainment, 2010. DVD.
  
Brief Report on 'Work in Progress': Your Term Paper Projects
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'''Secondary Material'''
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* Jarvis, Christine. "The Twilight of Feminism? Stephanie Meyer's Saga and the Contradictions of Contemporary Girlhood." ''Children's Literature in Education'' 45 (2014): 101-15.
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* Bliss, Ann V. "Abstinence, American Style." ''The Twilight Mystique: Critical Essays on the Novels and Films''. Eds. Amy M. Clarke and Marijane Osborn. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010. 107-20.
  
*Handout [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/ang070_RPOplus_18_05_09_2-seitig.pdf RPOplus]
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'''Presentation'''
*Sample [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/Sample_RPOplus_Cult_18_05_09.pdf RPOplus]
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* No Sex Before Marriage, or: Anti-Feminism and the Will to Sexual Submission in ''Twilight''
  
    [WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "RPOplus" due August 15]
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* ''Presentation Group'':
  
 
==Session Fourteen, July, 14: RPO Session==
 
==Session Fourteen, July, 14: RPO Session==
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'''Guidelines for finding your RPO topic:'''
 
'''Guidelines for finding your RPO topic:'''
  
1. Your RPOplus topic needs to be related to at least one of the key concepts: identity, media, discourse, culture and representation <br>
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Your RPO topic needs to be related to at least one of the primary texts <br>
2. As the material basis for your analysis you will need to pick material from the 'Übungen' (''Incidents'', ''Maus'', ''Crying Game'').
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You have access to the scholarly discourse on the material from the Übung through the MLA database.
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3.02.120: S Accounts of the Count: Dracula Rising

  • [Module] ang612 - Periods and Key Figures
  • [Credits] 6 KP
  • [Instructor] Dr. Christian Lassen
  • [Time] Tuesday, 8-10 am
  • [Room] A01 0-005; until further notice: video conferences for presentation groups; power point presentations; chat (via Stud.IP or "meeting.uol")
  • [Description] The seminar is at the same time an homage to and an analysis of the world's most famous (and arguably most creepy) vampire: Count Dracula. Approaching the topic from a neo-Victorian angle, the course aims to trace the aspects that inspire and eventually necessitate a revision of this Victorian revenant. Revisiting this character will lead us to address issues as diverse as gender and sexuality, colonization, drug addiction, fans, fandoms and intertextuality. Consequently, we will discuss a number of Victorian and neo-Victorian texts, all of which have in common that they engage in a confrontation with the past in order to reassess and rewrite Victorian horror stories whose influence shape British culture up to the present day.
  • [Office Hours] see Stud.IP; until further notice, office hours will be held via video conference. Please sign up for a time slot on my Stud.IP profile ("Sprechstunden") and you will receive a link to the virtual conference room.


PRIMARY TEXTS

  • Polidori, Jon. "The Vampyre." 1819. The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre. Oxford: OUP, 2008. 1-24. Print.
  • Sheridan Le Fanu, J. "Carmilla." 1872. In a Glass Darkly. Oxford: OUP, 2008. 243-319. Print.
  • Stoker, Bram. Dracula. 1897. Eds. Nina Auerbach and David J. Skal. New York and London: Norton, 1997. Print.
  • Interview with a Vampire. 1994. Dir. Neil Jordan. Perf. Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Kirsten Dunst. Warner Bros., 2003. DVD.
  • Ed Wood. 1994. Dir. Tim Burton. Perf. Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, and Bill Murray. Buena Vista Pictures, 2003. DVD.
  • Twilight. 2008. Dir. Catherine Hardwicke. Perf. Kristen Steward and Robert Pattinson. Summit Entertainment, 2010. DVD.


ASSIGNMENTS

  • [Prüfungsleistung] (Gruppen-)Referat (max. 4 Personen; 45-60 min.) mit Schriftlicher Ausarbeitung (10 Seiten) [oder in Ausnahmefällen: Hausarbeit (15 Seiten)]
  • [Aktive Teilnahme] 4 Abstracts, jeweils inklusive Thema, Forschungsstand, These und Outline des Arguments (approx. 1 page)

Please note that written assignments (abstracts, short term papers, long term papers) need to be composed according to the style sheet ("Leitfaden")of the University of Oldenburg, which can be accessed via the 'Institutswiki'-page of the English department. The style sheet not only provides relevant information on how to write a correct bibliography but it may also help you to structure your work according to academic standards.

Please make sure to sign the "Erklärung zum 'Plagiat'" and to attach it to your research papers.

  • [Abgabefrist] September, 15, 2020.




Session One, April, 14: Introductory Session

Organisational Matters

  • Assignments
  • Presentation Topics and Presentation Groups
  • Active Participation

Active Participation is ungraded but mandatory. In order to fulfil the requirements, you will have to write four abstracts, each including a topic, a state of research, a thesis statement, and a brief outline of your argument (approx. 1 page), in the course of the seminar. You can choose your own topic; however: all abstracts have to address different primary texts. In other words, your abstracts will have to cover four out of six primary materials. They are due by the end of the week (i.e. Friday) that marks the ending of the respective sections, i.e. due date "The Vampyre": May, 01; due date "Carmilla": May, 08; due date Dracula: May, 29; due date Interview With a Vampire: June 12; due date Ed Wood: June 26; due date Twilight: July, 10)

  • Seminarapparat

Session Two, April, 21: Theory Session

Theory Text

  • Carroll, Samantha J. "Putting the 'Neo' Back Into 'Neo-Victorian': The Neo-Victorian Novel as Postmodern Revisionist Fiction." Neo-Victorian Studies 3.2 (2010): 172-205.
  • Llewellyn, Mark. "What Is Neo-Victorian Studies?" Neo-Victorian Studies 1.1 (2008): 164-85.

Further Reading

Session Three, April, 28: Blood Brothers: Vampirism and Male Homoeroticism

Primary Material

  • Polidori, Jon. "The Vampyre." 1819. The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre. Oxford: OUP, 2008. 1-24. Print.

Secondary Material

  • Auerbach, Nina. Our Vampires, Ourselves. Chicago and London: The U of Chicago P, 1995. 11-38.
  • Skarda, Patricia L. "Vampirism and Plagiarism: Byron's Influence and Polidori's Practice." SiR: Studies in Romanticism 28 (Summer 1989): 249-69.

Presentation

  • Presentation Group:

Session Four, May, 05: The Blood Countess: Vampirism, Sexology, and Female Same-Sex Desire

Primary Material

  • Sheridan Le Fanu, J. "Carmilla." 1872. In a Glass Darkly. Oxford: OUP, 2008. 243-319. Print.

Secondary Material

  • Antrim Major, Adrienne. "Other Love: Le Fanu's Carmilla as Lesbian Gothic." Horrifying Sex: Essays on Sexual Difference in Gothic Literature. Ed. Ruth Bienstock Anolik. Jefferson, NC, and London: McFarland, 2007. 151-66.
  • Palmer, Paulina. "The Lesbian Vampire: Transgressive Sexuality." Horrifying Sex: Essays on Sexual Difference in Gothic Literature. Ed. Ruth Bienstock Anolik. Jefferson, NC, and London: McFarland, 2007. 203-32.

Further Reading

  • Auerbach, Nina. Our Vampires, Ourselves. Chicago and London: The U of Chicago P, 1995. 38-60.

Presentation

  • The Lady Is a Vamp, or: "Carmilla" and the Lesbian Origins of Vampirism
  • Presentation Group:

Session Five, May, 12: Blood v. Soil: Vampirism and (Reversed) Colonization

Primary Material

  • Stoker, Bram. Dracula. 1897. Eds. Nina Auerbach and David J. Skal. New York and London: Norton, 1997. Print.

Secondary Material

  • Arata, Stephen D. "The Occidental Tourist: Dracula and the Anxiety of Reverse Colonization." Victorian Studies 33.4 (Summer 1990): 621-45.
  • Viragh, Attila. "Can the Vampire Speak? Dracula as Discourse on Cultural Extinction." ELT 56.2 (2013): 231-45.

Presentation

  • The Empire Bites Back, or: Cultural Resistances to Colonization in Dracula
  • Presentation Group:

Session Six, May, 19: Blood Samples: Vampirism, Addiction and Substance Abuse)

Primary Material

  • Stoker, Bram. Dracula. 1897. Eds. Nina Auerbach and David J. Skal. New York and London: Norton, 1997. Print.

Secondary Material

  • Aikens, Kristina. "Battling Addictions in Dracula." Gothic Studies 11.2 (2009): 41-51.
  • Harrison, Debbie. "Doctors, Drugs, and Addiction: Professional Integrity in Peril at the Fin de Siècle." Gothic Studies 11.2 (2009): 52-62.

Presentation

  • Addiction and Substance Abuse, or: Doctors, Drugs, and 'Degeneracy' in Dracula
  • Presentation Group:

Session Seven, May, 26: Blood Circulation: Vampirism and Male Homosociality

Primary Material

  • Stoker, Bram. Dracula. 1897. Eds. Nina Auerbach and David J. Skal. New York and London: Norton, 1997. Print.

Secondary Material

  • Craft, Christopher. Another Kind of Love: Male Homosexual Desire in English Discourse, 1850-1920. Berkeley et al.: U of California P, 1994. 71-105.
  • Clark, Damion. "Preying on the Pervert: The Uses of Homosexual Panic in Bram Stoker's Dracula." Horrifying Sex: Essays on Sexual Difference in Gothic Literature. Ed. Ruth Bienstock Anolik. Jefferson, NC, and London: McFarland, 2007. 167-76.

Further Reading

  • Schaffer, Talia. "'A Wilde Desire Took Me': The Homoerotic History of Dracula." ELH 61.2 (Summer 1994): 381-425.

Presentation

  • What You Get Is What You Give, or: Blood Donation, Male Homoeroticism, and Male Homosexual Panic
  • Presentation Group:

Session Eight, June, 02: Blood Relations: Vampirism and the Queer Family

Primary Material

  • Interview with a Vampire. 1994. Dir. Neil Jordan. Perf. Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Kirsten Dunst. Warner Bros., 2003. DVD.

Secondary Material

  • Benefiel, Candace R. "Blood Relations: The Gothic Perversion of the Nuclear Family in Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire." The Journal of Popular Culture 38.2 (2004): 261-73.
  • Bruhm, Steven. "Gothic Sexualities." Teaching the GothicEds. Anna Powell and Andrew Smith. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. 93-106.

Presentation

  • Feeding on Family Values, or: Ambivalent Representations of the Queer Family in Interview with the Vampire
  • Presentation Group:

Session Nine, June, 09: Blood Disease: Vampirism and AIDS

Primary Material

  • Interview with a Vampire. 1994. Dir. Neil Jordan. Perf. Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Kirsten Dunst. Warner Bros., 2003. DVD.

Secondary Material

  • Haggerty, George E. "Anne Rice and the Queering of Culture." Novel: A Forum on Fiction 32.1 (Autumn 1998): 5-18.
  • Auerbach, Nina. Our Vampires, Ourselves. Chicago and London: The U of Chicago P, 1995. 163-92.

Presentation

  • Dieting or Dying, or: AIDS, Abstinence, and Anti-Gay Policies of Blame
  • Presentation Group:

Session Ten, June, 16: Stage Blood: Vampirism and Gender Performativity

Primary Material

  • Ed Wood. 1994. Dir. Tim Burton. Perf. Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, and Bill Murray. Buena Vista Pictures, 2003. DVD.

Secondary Material

  • O'Brien, Harvey. "'Really? Worst Film You Ever Saw. Well, My Next One Will Be Better': Edward D. Wood Jr., Tim Burton and the Apotheosis of the Forsaken." Trash Culture: Objects and Obsolescence in Cultural Perspective. Ed. Gillian Pye. Oxford et al.: Peter Lang, 2010. 221-238.
  • Latham, Rob. "Tim Burton's Trash Cinema Roots: Ed Wood and Mars Attacks!" The Works of Tim Burton: Margins to Mainstream. Ed. Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 133-49.

Presentation

  • Drag-cula, or: Gender, Performance, and Performativity in Ed Wood
  • Presentation Group:

Session Eleven, June, 23: Blood Poisoning: Vampirism and Aging

Primary Material

  • Ed Wood. 1994. Dir. Tim Burton. Perf. Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, and Bill Murray. Buena Vista Pictures, 2003. DVD.

Secondary Material

  • Lennard, Dominic. "'This is my art, and it is dangerous!': Tim Burton's Artist Heroes." The Works of Tim Burton: Margins to Mainstream. Ed. Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 217-30.
  • Page, Edwin. Gothic Fantasy: The Films of Tim Burton. London and New York: Marion Boyars, 2007. 128-42.

Presentation

  • Drug-cula , or: Dying Divas (aka Whatever Happened to Bela Lugosi?)
  • Presentation Group:

Session Twelve, June, 30: Bloody Racists: Vampirism and White Supremacy

Primary Material

  • Twilight. 2008. Dir. Catherine Hardwicke. Perf. Kristen Steward and Robert Pattinson. Summit Entertainment, 2010. DVD.

Secondary Material

  • Borgia, Danielle N. "Twilight: The Glamorization of Abuse, Codependency, and White Privilege." The Journal of Popular Culture 37.1 (2014): 152-73.
  • Jensen, Kristian. "Noble Werewolves or Native Shape-Shifters." The Twilight Mystique: Critical Essays on the Novels and Films. Eds. Amy M. Clarke and Marijane Osborn. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010. 92-105.

Presentation

  • Of Vampires and Werewolves, or: Racist Representations of Caucasian and Native American Stereotypes in Twilight
  • Presentation Group:

Session Thirteen, July, 07: Bloody Misogynists: Vampirism and Anti-Feminism

Primary Material

  • Twilight. 2008. Dir. Catherine Hardwicke. Perf. Kristen Steward and Robert Pattinson. Summit Entertainment, 2010. DVD.

Secondary Material

  • Jarvis, Christine. "The Twilight of Feminism? Stephanie Meyer's Saga and the Contradictions of Contemporary Girlhood." Children's Literature in Education 45 (2014): 101-15.
  • Bliss, Ann V. "Abstinence, American Style." The Twilight Mystique: Critical Essays on the Novels and Films. Eds. Amy M. Clarke and Marijane Osborn. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010. 107-20.

Presentation

  • No Sex Before Marriage, or: Anti-Feminism and the Will to Sexual Submission in Twilight
  • Presentation Group:

Session Fourteen, July, 14: RPO Session

Guidelines for finding your RPO topic:

Your RPO topic needs to be related to at least one of the primary texts