ST102 Gothic Monsters
Monster theory: Cohen, Kristeva, Halberstam
The tools of the trade, met after you have formed your own view.
Reading for this lesson
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Required for Assignment 2.
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Recommended Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection Julia Kristeva, translated by Leon S. Roudiez the opening chapter, "Approaching Abjection"
Hard going; take it slowly and take notes.
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Recommended Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters Jack Halberstam (published as Judith Halberstam) the introduction
For the argument that the monster's body is a technology.
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Optional The Philosophy of Horror, or Paradoxes of the Heart Noel Carroll the definition of art-horror
If you did not read it last week.
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For how these ideas transfer to comics.