Horror Fiction
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Overview
Subject area
ENG
Catalog Number
4745
Course Title
Horror Fiction
Department(s)
Description
Horror is a type of literature that is meant to scare you. How does it succeed in this? What, in today’s incredibly horrifying world, can scare us anymore? Actually, quite a lot. This course will examine the story of horror such as that found in both“classic” texts like Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle, the tales of Edgar Allan Poe—and in recent works by writers such as Stephen King and Ramsey Campbell.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring, Summer
Academic Career
Undergraduate
Liberal Arts
Yes
Credits
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Academic Progress Units
3
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
3
Requisites
035521