| Unit name | The Uncanny |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ENGL29027 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Professor. Punter |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of English |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will introduce students to the concept of the uncanny and its relation to literary texts. A wide variety of texts will be read, ranging from Hamlet to Lewis Carroll, from Coleridge to Dickens, from Poe to Virginia Woolf. There will also be opportunities to look at some visual material and videos, as well as examining major theories of the uncanny from Freud onwards.
Aims:
To develop an understanding of the concept of the uncanny, and to reflect, through clear textual study, on the centrality of the uncanny to the meaning of literature.
An increased understanding of the uncanny, and also an enhancement of the ways in which we read what we call literature.
1 x 2 hour seminar per week, plus 1-to-1 discussion in consultation hours where desired.
