Frightful: Adolescence and the Gothic (Critical-Creative Seminar)

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In this course, we will study classic and contemporary Gothic texts and films, along with supplemental commentary, to determine what exactly Gothic means. Where adolescence fits into the equation. And why, as a fuzzily-boundaried genre, it has been unflaggingly best-selling, lauded and derided in equal measure, for nearly three hundred years. As a Critical-Creative seminar, final assignments can be either critical analysis or a creative project. See the English Department's website at www.english.upenn.edu for a description of the current offerings.