Monsters: Monsters Fountainhead Press V Series (Eds: Brandy Ball Blake and L. Andrew Cooper)
Bedford: The Bedford Researcher 4th Edition (Mike Palmquist)
| Week 1 | Course introduction and syllabus review Monsters “Introduction” and “Parasites and Perverts An Introduction to Gothic Monstrosity” |
| Week 2 | Introduction to WP 1 Bedford Ch 1. and 2 and Monsters “Killing Monsters” Bedford Ch. 10 pp. 182-191 and PDF on BB “The Psychopath Test” |
| Week 3 | Monsters “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and “Highway of Lost Girls” (PDF on BB) |
| Week 4 | Monsters “Dracula” Bedford Ch. 17 Peer Review: First Draft WP1 Due |
| Week 5 | Introduction to WP2 WP 1 Due Bedford Ch. 3 and 4 Monsters “Frankenstein” and “Frankenstein: A Feminist Critique of Science” |
| Week 6 | Library Day Library Quiz Due Bedford Ch. 20, 21, and 22 |
| Week 7 | PDF on BB “Making Mr. Hyde” Peer Review: First Draft WP2 Due |
| Week 8 | Introduction to WP3 WP 2 Due Notebook Due Monsters “Gothic Realities: The Impact of Horror Fiction on Modern Culture” |
| Week 9 | Spring Break—No Classes |
| Week 10 | Conferences Bedford Ch. 11 and 12 Monsters “Monster Culture (Seven Theses)” |
| Week 11 | Conferences Peer Review: First Draft WP3 Due |
| Week 12 | Introduction to WP 4 WP 3 Due WP 1 Revision Due Bedford Ch. 18 and 19 |
| Week 13 | Monsters “George Romero’s Zombie Films: A Plague of Meaning” WP 2 Revision Due Monsters “Serial Killers: From Jack the Ripper to Aileen Wuornos” |
| Week 14 | Monsters “Movie Psychos and Slashers: From Normal Bates to Freddy Krueger” Monsters “The Horrors of Race and American History: Candyman” |
| Week 15 | PDFs on BB “The Serial Killer was (Cognitively) Framed” and “Dexter’s Dark World: The Serial Killer as Superhero Journals Due Peer Review: First Draft WP4 Due |
| Week 16 | WP 4 Presentations |
| Final Exam Week | Finish WP 4 Presentations |
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