BRITISH GOTHIC WRITING: 1760-1900

Use of multimedia, power point presentations, exploration of various online databases and digital projects: HathiTrust Digital Library, http://www.hathitrust.org/ Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/texts University of Virginia Library, the Electronic Text Center, http://www.library.virginia.edu/organization/etext Project Gutenberg, http://www.gutenberg.org/ http://www.litgothic.com/index_fl.html A gathering of resources for literary Gothic, including e-texts and web links. International Gothic Association http://www.iga.stir.ac.uk/index.php

Assessment is based on an brief critical essay with bibliography (4,000 words, 40% of the final grade) and on a final examination with a combination of two short essay questions on taught materials (60% of the final grade). The essay is assessed on the basis of organisation, argumentation, quality of expression in English and skills of analysis and synthesis in interpreting the gothic and its social-political-psychoanalytical dimension. The final examination is assessed on the basis of factual knowledge and familiarity with the required readings, in addition to the above criteria. Depending on student numbers each semester, the writing of the essay can be compulsory or optional. Students who opt for the essay should have some experience in the writing of research papers. The topic will be chosen individually by each student after consultation with the instructor. Papers should be handed in at appointed dates during the semester. The intention of the essay scheme is to provide the opportunity for the exercise of research and critical skills to those students who are seriously interested in pursuing this line of academic occupation. The criteria are made known to the students at the beginning of the course.

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