MONSTERS!!
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Course begins November 2024
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Live sessions with the instructor every week
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Sessions from 1:00 - 3:00pm Eastern U.S. Time
Week 1
THE MONSTERS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME
Week 2
BORDER WALKERS: MONSTERS AND MARVELS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Week 3
WEREWOLVES
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Week 4
VAMPIRES
Week 5
SCIENTIFIC MONSTROSITY
Week 6
GHOSTS, GOBLINS AND CHRISTMAS CRAWLERS
More About This Course
Throughout the course of literary history, man has articulated his worst fears in the form of monsters. But many writers used the monstrous form to cry out against corruption, social inequity, political and scientific despotism; using monsters as a form of social or political commentary rather than as a device to evoke fear. In this class, we will study some of the earliest human-form monsters in world literature—British, American, and non-Anglophone texts in comparison, and trace the evolution of monsters in literature through the advent of the Gothic horror novel. We will look at the monstrous figures in Gilgamesh, Beowulf, Inferno, and Old Norse sagas, including werewolf narratives from medieval France and vampire tales from around the world.
Meet Your Instructor
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