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1. 106-431 English, Faculty of Arts.
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106-431 The Horror Genre: Fiction, Film and Theory

Year 4 English.

Credit points: 16.7 4th year

Coordinator: Ken Gelder.

Contact: One 2-hour seminar per week.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

Students who complete this subject successfully:

• will have a first hand acquaintance with some famous examples of horror texts, both fiction and film;
• will have an understanding of critical and theoretical approaches to various kinds of horror;
• will have an understanding of horror as a multi-faceted genre, able to give expression to and produce a range of cultural anxieties and/or pleasures.

Content:

This subject investigates various genres of horror in fiction and film, from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Attention will be given to form, content and context, with reference to recent theories of horror and controversies over horror texts.

Assessment:

Written work of not more than 6,000 words.

Prescribed texts:

• Gelder K The Oxford Book of Australian Ghost Stories Oxford
• King S Carrie Futura
• Simmons D Song of Kali Headline
• Stevenson R L The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Oxford
• Stoker B Dracula Oxford
• Films: Hitchcock A Psycho. Hooper T The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Jackson P Brain Dead. Moffatt T Bedevil. Tournier J I Walked with a Zombie. Whale J The Bride of Frankenstein. Wise R The Haunting.

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2. Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p49) : Next:106-436 | Prev:106-402

106-431 The Horror Genre: Fiction, Film and Theory

Year 4 Cultural Studies.

Credit points: 16.7 4th year

Coordinator: Ken Gelder.

Contact: One 2-hour seminar per week.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

Students who complete this subject successfully:

• will have a first hand acquaintance with some famous examples of horror texts, both fiction and film;
• will have an understanding of critical and theoretical approaches to various kinds of horror;
• will have an understanding of horror as a multi-faceted genre, able to give expression to and produce a range of cultural anxieties and/or pleasures.

Content:

This subject investigates various genres of horror in fiction and film, from the late 19th century to the present day. Attention will be given to form, content and context, with reference to recent theories of horror and controversies over horror texts.

Assessment:

Written work of not more than 6000-words.

Prescribed texts:

• Gelder K The Oxford Book of Australian Ghost Stories Oxford. King S Carrie Futura. Simmons D Song of Kali Headline. Stevenson R L The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Oxford. Stoker B Dracula Oxford
• Films: Hitchcock A Psycho. Hooper T The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Jackson P Brain Dead. Moffatt T Bedevil. Tournier J I Walked with a Zombie. Whale J The Bride of Frankenstein. Wise R The Haunting.

* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTENT, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.

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