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Why do we create monsters? What counts as a monster? This course will examine some of the most infamous literary monsters and villains, and it will also explore how cultural representations of monstrosity play a key role in determining what qualifies as normal, civilized, and human.
ENGL 222 is a sophomore-level literature course that surveys major British writers since 1789. Four core texts will anchor our survey: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus (1818), Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit (1937), and Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun (2021). Along the way, we will survey other British poets and fiction writers who focus on monsters, monstrosity, and mystery: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christina Rossetti, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, and T. S. Eliot, among others. In addition to periodical reading quizzes and annotation assignments, students will write two essays, present two digital humanities projects, and take one final exam. All enrolled students must register with COVE to access required course content.