ENGL 461

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Advanced Topics in Literature and Culture

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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Advanced seminar on any of a variety of topics in literature and culture, including those that bridge traditional historical periods, focus on themes or movements, and cross disciplinary boundaries.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated with permission of English advising office to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours if topics vary; Graduate students may repeat if topics vary. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.

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	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	32225	Lecture-Discussion	2G	1:00PM -1:50PM	MWF	140 Henry Administration Bldg	Hansen, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/22-05/04/22 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: SP22 Topic Section 2G:Contemporary Horror Why Do We Love Horror? Horror is like a serpent: always shedding its skin, always changing. And it will always come back. Like the guilty secrets we try to keep in our subconscious, it can’t be hidden away. —Dario Argento Have you ever asked yourself: “Why do I like to be frightened?” When the novel came into being in the in middle of the eighteenth century, its most popular genre was the Gothic—the novel of horror. In fact, the modern era—the era of science, reason, and democracy—has been obsessed with terror, fear, and the unknown since its very inception. So, why do we like to be terrified? What is it about scary stories that so appeals to modern culture? Perhaps we avoid delving into such questions because they reveal to us that our pleasures often seem woefully uncivilized and terribly unseemly. Beginning with the films of the 70s, horror, the course will trace out a literary, philosophical, and cinematic history. Each unit of the course will explore how a different psychological/cultural concept of terror plays out in an aesthetic context. Required Novels: Giddings, Megan. Lakewood (2021) Jones, Stephen Graham. The Only Good Indians (2020) Kunzru, Harry White Tears (2017) LaValle, Victor. The Changeling (2018) Tremblay, Paul. A Head full of Ghosts (2015) Turnbull, Cadwell. No Gods, No Monsters (2021) Films: Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960), Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby (1968), William Friedkin's The Exorcist (1973), Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980), John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982), Tobe Hooper’s Poltergeist (1982), The Cabin in the Woods (2011), Robert Eggers The Witch (2015), and Jordan Peele’s Get Out (2017), Karyn Kasama’s Jennifer’s Body (2009). Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	32223	Lecture-Discussion	2U	1:00PM -1:50PM	MWF	140 Henry Administration Bldg	Hansen, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/22-05/04/22 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic Section U2: Contemporary Horror Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.