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ENG 2710 MONSTER'S INK: WRITING THE OTHERS (formerly ENG 271) From the thing under the bed to the beast within, from the freaks among us to the aliens at our borders, monsters have lurked in the shadows of English literature since there has been an English language. We will read and write about these monstrous representations in mythic tales, novels, films, scientific journals and tabloids as we catalog, interpret and synthesize our various human reactions to these more-or-less than human hybrids, metamorphs and chimeras. In the broadest sense, this course asks: "Do we define monsters by ourselves or ourselves by our monsters?" 3 credits

Required Texts Fall 2023

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson; Vladímir Nabokov (Introduction by)
ISBN: 9780451523938
Publication Date: 1987-10-06
The doppelganger, the ghostly double infecting the soul, was a popular fictional subject for late nineteenth-century writers, and it found its most brilliant realization in Robert Louis Stevenon's story of Dr Jekyll, whose reckless genius allows him to bring his own appalling double to life. The finest horror story in our language, Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde is also a metaphysical fairy-tale of stunning perspicacity. Also included in this collection are Markheim, A Lodging for the Night, Thrawn Janet, The Body-Snatcher and The Misadventures of John Nicholson. "From the Hardcover edition."
Carmilla by Joseph Le Fanu
ISBN: 9788562022258
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
The vampire novella "Carmilla" set in Austria is one of Le Fanu's best tales and greatly influenced Bram Stocker, who published Dracula 25 years later. This is definitively a great book and a must for the lovers of horror tales.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells; Brian W. Aldiss (Afterword by)
ISBN: 9780451521910
Publication Date: 1977-06-07
Mad surgeon-turned-vivisectionist performs ghoulish experiments that transform animals into men. Early Wells personification of the scientific quest to control the natural world and, ultimately, human nature.

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