Diploma in Popular Gothic Novels
In this free online course, learn the structures and implications of the various plots of popular Gothic Novels.
Description
This free online course introduces you to the defining traits of the popular English fiction Gothic Novels written in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. Firstly, the course provides an overview of the Gothic Motifs and its identities, empire and contemporary anxieties. This is arranged systematically and presented clearly so you will easily be able to understand the given concepts. The course emphasizes Gothic Sublime, Female Gothic and Aristocratic Villainy.
Next, various themes such as mocking the Popular Gothic, and Gothic Transgressions will be explained. Gothic Displacement concerning Realism, Fantasy, Violence, and Cruelty are discussed. The course then goes on to explain the plot of Jane Eyre along with the Imperial Gothic, Gothic Subtexts, Gothic Symbolism and Rebellion. The Christmas Ghost Story, with respect to Spectrality, Commodity, Gothic Structure and The Consciousness is also covered. These topics come under the Grotesque Gothic banner of Spectral City, Allegory, and Morality.
Finally, the course emphasizes Gothic Sexuality, Tradition, Metaphors, Transformations and Symbolisms. The Urban Gothic, New Woman and Gothic Monsters are also discussed in detail. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to understand the structures and implications of the various plots of the popular Gothic Novel that caught the imagination of the reading public in Britain during the eighteenth and nineteenth-century. This Diploma in Popular Gothic Novels is an informative course which will interest students of English Literature, Researchers in Gothic Studies or those who have an interest in these topics. Ehy wait? Sign up for this course and start learning today!
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Introduction to the Gothic: Gothic Motifs
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Introduction to the Gothic: Gothic Motifs – Learning Outcomes
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Introduction: Key Novel
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Gothic Elements and Gothic Sublime
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Gothic Terror and Horror
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Gothic Foreboding
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Gothic and Identities
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Introduction to the Gothic: Gothic Motifs – Lesson Summary
The ‘Explained Supernatural’, Gothic Sublime, and Aristocratic Villainy
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The ‘Explained Supernatural’, Gothic Sublime, and Aristocratic Villainy – Learning Outcomes
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Ann Radcliffe: The Mysteries of Udolpho
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Gothic Castle and Gothic Energy
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Reading the Gothic Novel; Gothic and Family
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Gothic Domesticity and Patriarchy
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Gothic and Travel, Marriage, Discussion Questions
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The ‘Explained Supernatural’, Gothic Sublime, and Aristocratic Villainy – Lesson Summary
Female Gothic
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Female Gothic – Learning Outcomes
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The Gothic Contexts
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Plotting the Gothic
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Feminine Silence and Marginality
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Gothic Landscape
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Historical and Literary Contexts
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Female Gothic – Lesson Summary
Mocking the Popular Gothic
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Mocking the Popular Gothic – Learning Outcomes
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Gothic Parody
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Gothic Terrors and the Education of Catherine Morland
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Gothic Reading and Mentor Figures
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Gothic Parody and Female Gothic
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Parodying the Gothic Villain
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Mocking the Popular Gothic – Lesson Summary
First Course Assessment
Byronic Hero and Ghostly Women
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Byronic Hero and Ghostly Women – Learning Outcomes
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Introduction to Emily Bronte and Wuthering Heights
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Gothic Terror, Fantasy and Violence
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Gothic Transgressions
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Gothic Displacement: Family, Childhood, and Confinement
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Gothic Displacement : The conflict between Children and Parental Authority
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Byronic Hero and Ghostly Women – Lesson Summary
Gothic Symbolism and Rebellion
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Gothic Symbolism and Rebellion – Learning Outcomes
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Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre
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Gothic Plot and Imperial Gothic
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Gothic Subtexts; Madness and Femininity
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Thornfield Hall and Bertha Mason
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Gothic Rebellion: The Domestic and the Colony
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Gothic Symbolism and Rebellion – Lesson Summary
Grotesque Gothic
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Grotesque Gothic – Learning Outcomes
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Introduction to the Christmas Ghost Story and Charles Dickens
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The Gothic Plot, Spectrality and Commodity
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The Dark Narrative and The Ghostly Children
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Gothic City: The City of Spectres
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Gothic Structure and Time Consciousness
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Grotesque Gothic – Lesson Summary
Vampires, Moral Degeneration and Late-Victorian Anxieties
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Vampires, Moral Degeneration and Late-Victorian Anxieties – Learning Outcomes
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Introduction to Dracula, Literary Contexts and Gothic Monsters
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Gothic Sexuality, Tradition, and Metaphors
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Gothic Transformations and Narrative Roles
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Gothic Symbolisms: Vampirism and Residuum
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The Urban Gothic, New Woman and Gothic Monsters
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Vampires, Moral Degeneration and Late-Victorian Anxieties – Lesson Summary
Second Course Assessment
Course assessment
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Outline the various characteristics of a Gothic Novel
- Identify the various types of Gothic Fiction
- Describe how sublime acts as an important tool in Gothic Narratives
- Recognize how the Supernatural becomes a key defining element in Gothic Novels
- Identify the aspects of Feminine Anxieties, Scientific Monsters, and Haunted Landscapes in Gothic Novels
- Define what Parody is in the context of Gothic Narratives
- Explain the Gothic Terrors and the Education of Catherine Morland
- Discuss how the Popular Gothics are mocked
- Outline how the Gothic Terror, Fantasy and Violence are narrated in Wuthering Heights
- Define what the term ‘Grotesque’ means in the context of literature
- Outline the concepts of Gothic Sexuality, Tradition, and Metaphors
- Explain how Vampirism and Residuum represent Gothic Symbolisms
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