The
instructors may make changes to the schedule during the quarter.� We will announce all readings in class,
especially for the section on literature.
January 04,
Students begin online pretest.
Introduction to the class.
Lecture:� Introduction to Folklore.
January 06,
Lecture:� Introduction to Folklore (cont.).
Lecture:� Finding Motifs in Folklore
January
11,
Lecture:� Introduction to the Vampire.
January 13,
Lecture:� The Vampire in History.
January
20,
Lecture:� The Decomposition of Corpses.�
January
25,
Lecture:� Vampires and Psychology.
January 27,
Lecture:� Theories of the Vampire or Corpse Medicine.
January 28,
�
Students
must complete the folklore blog by midnight.
February 01,
The Vampire in
Literature:� Introduction
�
excerpt from �Thalaba the Destroyer� by
Southey (1797) *handout available online
�
excerpt from �The Giaour� by Byron
(1813) *handout available online
�
�The Vampyre� by John Polidori (1819) *handout available online
�
Discussion of Motifs
February 03,
The
Vampire in Literature.
Lecture:� The Penny Dreadful
�
excerpts (TBA) from Varney the Vampire by James Malcolm Rymer (1845+) *available online
�
Discussion of Motifs
February
08,
The
Vampire in Literature.
�
Carmilla by Joseph
Sheridan Le Fanu (1872) *full text available online
�
Discussion of Motifs
February 10,
The
Vampire in Literature.
Guest
Lecturer:� Jessica Wojtysiak
�
�Dracula�s Guest� by Bram Stoker�
*available online
�
Dracula by Bram Stoker, Chapters 1-7, pp. 23-108 (1897) *please use
Bedford/St. Martin�s edition
February
15,
Guest
Lecturer:� Jessica Wojtysiak
The
Vampire in Literature.
�
Dracula by Bram Stoker, Chapters 8-16, pp. 108-225 (1897)
February
17,
Guest
Lecturer:� Jessica Wojtysiak
The
Vampire in Literature.
�
Dracula by Bram Stoker, Chapters 17- 27, pp. 225-375 (1897)
�
�The Vampire� poem by Rudyard Kipling (1897) *available online or
pp. 397-98 in Dracula
�
Discussion of Motifs
February
22,
The
Vampire in Literature.
�
Loring, F. G.
(1900). "The Tomb of Sarah."
�
Crawford, F.M. (1911). "For the Blood
is the Life."
�
Benson, E. F. (1912). "The Room in
the Tower."
February
24,
The
Vampire in Literature.
�
Discussion:�� Comparing
Motifs from Folklore and Literature.
�
Discussion:�� Students�
Choice of Vampire Novels
February
25,
�
Students must
complete the literature blog by midnight.
February
29,
Lecture:� Introduction to the Vampire in Film.
�
Read article on Vampires in Film (TBA)
Film:� Nosferatu.
March 02,
Film:� Dracula
March
07,
�
Students must submit their
annotated bibliographies in APA format by midnight.
Film:� Nosferatu:� The Vampyre.
March 09,
�
Students must submit their
revised annotated bibliographies in APA format by midnight.
�
Film:� Bram Stoker�s Dracula.
March
11,
March 14,
Film:� TBA.
�
Students
must complete the film blog by midnight.
March XX,
Final Examination.