Outline

COURSE OUTLINE

English 229

Dates and assignments may be subject to change. 
Please bring day's assigned text[s] to class. 
Reading assignments should be read before the dates indicated below.

Pursuant to the character of the genre, some of the assigned material may 
be considered graphic in nature.        

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WEEK 1:          9/4         (W):      Introduction                                   

WEEK 2:          9/9         (M):      Danse Macabre (King, 1981): Chapters 1-3 – Invitation to Dance,

                                                    Tales of the Hook, Tales of the Tarot)

                         9/11       (W):      Supernatural Horror in Literature (Lovecraft, 1939)

                        

WEEK 3:          9/16       (M):      Frankenstein (Shelley, 1818)

                         9/18       (W):      Frankenstein continued

                                                                                      

WEEK 4:          9/23       (M):      Frankenstein continued

                         9/25       (W):      Frankenstein continued

WEEK 5:          9/30       (M):      “The Gold-Bug” and Other Tales (Poe, 1838-1846):

“The Fall of the House of Usher” pgs. 14-29, “The Masque of the Red Death” pgs. 57-61, “The Tell-Tale Heart” pgs. 74-78, “The Black Cat” pgs. 108-115

                                                                                                            Journal # 1 (Frankenstein)

                                  

                         10/2       (W):      Poe continued . . .

                                                                                                           

WEEK 6:          10/7       (M): Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Stevenson, 1886)

                         10/9       (W): Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde continued

                        

                                                                                                            Journal #2  (Poe Stories)

                                                                                                           

WEEK 7:          10/14     (M):      Native Indigenous Day – No Classes                                             10/16            (W):     Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde continued                                                       

WEEK 8:          10/21     (M):      Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde continued

                         10/23     (W):      Dracula (Stoker, 1897)

                                                                                                            Journal #3  (Jekyll & Hyde)

WEEK 9:          10/28     (M):      Dracula continued

                         10/30     (W):      Halloween Class

                                                                                                           

WEEK 10:        11/4       (M):      Dracula continued

                                                                                                            Paper #1 Due

                                                                                                            (early papers encouraged)

                         11/6       (W):      Dracula continued                                                                                                                          

WEEK 11:        11/11     (M):      No Class – Veteran’s Day

                         11/13     (W):      The Best of H.P Lovecraft: (Lovecraft, 1921- 1933): “The

                                                    Outsider” pgs. 27-32, “Pickman’s Model” pgs.33-44, “The

                                                    Dunwich Horror” pgs. 98-135

                                                                                                            Journal # 4 (Dracula)

                        

WEEK 12:        11/18     (M):      The Haunting of Hill House (Jackson, 1959)

                         11/20     (W):      The Haunting of Hill House continued

                                                                                                             Journal #5 (Lovecraft Stories)

WEEK 13:        11/25     (M):      The Haunting of Hill House continued

                         11/27     (W):      The Haunting of Hill House continued

WEEK 14:        12/2       (M):      The Exorcist (Blatty, 1971)

                         12/4       (W):      The Exorcist  continued

                                                                                                            Journal #6 (Haunting . . .)

                                                                                                           

WEEK 15:        12/9       (M):      The Exorcist  continued

            12/11     (W):      The Exorcist  continued

                                                                                                           

WEEK 16         12/16     (M): Sum Up: Night Shift: “Foreward” pgs. xi-xxii”, “Jersusalem’s Lot”

                                       pgs.1-34, “One for the Road” pgs.  297-312 (King, 1979)

                                       Journal #7 (The Exorcist)

FINAL:           W, Dec 18, 8AM

and  Paper #2 Due  (early papers encouraged)