S Accounts of the Count: Dracula Rising

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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

[Module] ang612

[Credits] 6 KP

[Assignments] Referat (45 min.) mit Schriftlicher Ausarbeitung (10 Seiten) [oder Hausarbeit (15 Seiten)]

[Active Participation] 3 Abstracts

Please note that written assignments (abstracts, short term papers, long term papers) need to be composed according to the MLA or the style sheet of the University of Oldenburg, which can be accessed via the 'Institutswiki'-page of the English department. The latter link 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.

All assignments are due on September, 15, 2020.




Session One, April, 14: Introductory Session

Welcome

Preliminaries and General Course Information.

Analytical Tools: Culture and Representation, Discourse, Media, Identity

Further Reading

  • You may also watch Stuart Hall explain his notions of representation on youtube

Session Two, April, 21: Theory Session

Analytical Tools: Culture and Representation, Discourse, Media, Identity

Further Reading

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

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.

Secondary Material

Analytical Tools

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

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.

Secondary Material

Analytical Tools

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

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.

Secondary Material

Analytical Tools

    WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Non-Fiction" published
    WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Non-Fiction": Sample solution

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

Primary Material

  • Bechdel, Alison. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. London: Jonathan Cape, 2006. Print.

Secundary Material

Analytical Tools

    [WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Non-Fiction" due]

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

Primary Material

  • Bechdel, Alison. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. London: Jonathan Cape, 2006. Print.

Secondary Material

Analytical Tools

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

Primary Material

  • Bechdel, Alison. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. London: Jonathan Cape, 2006. Print.

Secondary Material

Analytical Tools

    WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Graphic Novel" published
    WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Graphic Novel": sample solution

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

Primary Material

  • Apocalypse Now. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Perf. Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, and Dennis Hopper. 1979. Arthaus, 2019. DVD.

Secondary Material

Analytical Tools

    [WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Graphic Novel" due]

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

Primary Material

  • Apocalypse Now. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Perf. Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, and Dennis Hopper. 1979. Arthaus, 2019. DVD.

Secondary Material

Analytical Tools

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

Primary Material

  • Apocalypse Now. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Perf. Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, and Dennis Hopper. 1979. Arthaus, 2019. DVD.

Secondary Material

Analytical Tools

    WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Film" published
    WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Film": sample solution

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

Skills and Activities

Brief Report on 'Work in Progress': Your Term Paper Projects

    [WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Film" due]

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

Skills and Activities

Brief Report on 'Work in Progress': Your Term Paper Projects

    [WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "RPOplus" due August 15]

Session Fourteen, July, 14: RPO Session

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
2. As the material basis for your analysis you will need to pick material from the 'Übungen' (Incidents, Maus, Crying Game).

You have access to the scholarly discourse on the material from the Übung through the MLA database.