Werewolf

Catalog description

From Ovid to Dungeons and Dragons, the werewolf has long history in literature, film, and games. The werewolf, that is, a man who transforms into a wolf, embodies themes of transformation, sexuality, and the relationship between humans and beasts, good and evil. This class will survey short werewolf fiction, including Ovid's "Metamorphoses," Marie de France's medieval "Bisclavret," witch-hunting manuals, Angela Carter's feminist rewritings in "The Bloody Chamber," classic movies and role-playing games.