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COURSE OUTLINE

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
  • [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 Hausarbeit (15 Seiten)]
  • [Aktive Teilnahme] 3 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

- Presentation Topics

- Active Participation/ Abstracts

- Assignments

- 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

Secondary Material." 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

Secondary Material

Presentation

  • Presentation Group:

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

Primary Material

Secondary Material

Presentation

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

Primary Material

Secondary Material

Presentation

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

Primary Material

Secondary Material

Presentation

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

Primary Material

Secondary Material

Presentation

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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