ENGLISH LITERATURE 7

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Subtitle	History of the Gothic novel (18th-19th centuries)
Lecturer(s)	SAKAMOTO, HIKARU
Credit(s)	2
Academic Year/Semester	2024 Spring
Day/Period	Tue.2
Campus	Mita
Class Format	Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
Registration Number	91034
Faculty/Graduate School	LETTERS
Department/Major	HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCEENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE
Year Level	2, 3, 4
Field	SPECIALIZED SUBJECTS
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Course Description	A course for studying British literature through considering a variety of authors, literary genres and trends, as well as the historical and cultural contexts of the literary texts.
K-Number	FLT-EL-24113-211-02

Course Administrator	Faculty/Graduate School	FLT	LETTERS
Course Administrator	Department/Major	EL	HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCEENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE
Main Course Number	Level	2	Second-year level coursework
	Major Classification	4	Specialist Education Applied/Developmental Course
	Minor Classification	11	Common to Major in English and American Literature - Lecture (English Literature)
	Subject Type	3	Elective subject
Supplemental Course Information	Class Classification	2	Lecture
	Class Format	1	Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
	Language of Instruction	1	Japanese
Academic Discipline		02	Literature, linguistics, and related fields

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The 'Gothic novel', which originated in mid-18th-century England, took the world by storm as a form of weird and terrifying fiction reflecting the medieval taste of the time. There were many variations, and the most common in the early years were bizarre adventure stories, such as the tale of a maiden locked in an old castle and the young man who rescues her. Other typical variations include tales of a wise man who sells his soul to the devil and falls into hell, tales of an artificial man such as Frankenstein, tales of a man who transforms into a monster such as Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, vampire tales such as Dracula, and many other types. Furthermore, up to the present day, the Gothic tale continues to be reproduced and re-created in a variety of media, not limited to the novel, while further diversifying. The mystery novel, a significant genre, is one of the tributaries that branched off from the Gothic novel.

English Literature 7 and 8 will trace the Gothic novel's development over a year. This course is the first half, which will begin with the beginnings of the Gothic novel in the 18th century, the medieval taste that formed its background, and the establishment of a new tourism culture. Then it moves on to the new developments of the Gothic novel in the 19th century and its relationship to psychic studies of the same period.