Poe's Children Syllabus
Summer Session 2001
Prof. Tony Magistrale--301 Old Mill 656-4039; amagistr@zoo.uvm.eduRequired Books:
Poe, Tales and Selected Essays, Library of America
Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Signet
Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Signet
Oates: Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque, Dutton
King, The Shining, New American Library
Harris, The Silence of the Lambs, St. Martin's paperback
Magistrale & Poger, Poe's Children: Connections Between Tales of Terror
and Detection, Peter Lang PublishersAll titles are available from the University Bookstore UVM Bookstore (802) 656-3290 ext. 205.
Assignments:
Two typed 5-7 page essays due on July 19 and August 9, topics open. One 15 minute oral report on an individual text, followed by a 2-3 page written evaluation summary due 24 hours later that both summarizes and evaluates the oral report experience.Readings:
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7/09:
Introductions |
7/10:
Introductions |
7/11:
Poe: "The Tell-Tale Heart," The Black Cat," "The Cask of Amontillado" |
7/12:
Poe: "Ligeia," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Raven" |
| 7/16:
Poe: "Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Purloined Letter." |
7/17:
Poe: "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Fall of the House of Usher," (Magistrale & Poger, pps. 11-28) |
7/18:
Paper writing workshop |
7/19:
First analysis paper due on an aspect of Poe; viewing of Fincher's Seven |
| 7/23:
discussion of film (Magistrale & Poger, pps. 121-126) |
7/24:
Stevenson, Jekyll and Hyde |
7/25:
Doyle, Hound of the Baskervilles (Magistrale & Poger, pps. 45-55) |
7/26:
Oates, "The Premonition," "The White Cat," "Martyr- dom" (Magistrale & Poger, pps. 65-75) |
| 7/30:
King, The Shining (Magistrale & Poger, pps. 93-111) |
7/31:
King, The Shining (Magistrale & Poger, pps. 93-111) |
8/1:
viewing of Kubrick's The Shining |
8/2:
discussion of film |
| 8/6:
Harris, The Silence of the Lambs (Magistrale & Poger, 77-91) |
8/07:
Harris, The Silence of the Lambs (Magistrale & Poger, 77-91) |
8/08:
Paper writing workshop |
8/09:
Second analysis paper due |
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