roshiq
08-06-2010, 10:55 AM
From this fall the MA in Modern Literary Cultures of University of Hertfordsthire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Hertfordshire) is offering courses in Vampiric Literature.
Reading the Vampire: Science, Sexuality, and Alterity in Modern Culture
This module investigates vampire narratives in literature from early vampire stories such J. Sheridan Le Fanuļ's lesbian vampire tale Carmilla and Bram Stoker's Dracula, the most famous vampire narrative of all, to the twentieth-century vampire chronicles of Anne Rice and the romantic blockbusters of Stephanie Meyer. Since their animation out of folk materials in the nineteenth century, vampires have been continually reborn in modern culture. They have enacted a host of anxieties and desires, shifting shape as the culture they are brought to life in itself changes form. Reading the Vampire embeds vampires in their cultural contexts, exploring their relationship to modernity; the influence of key thinkers such as Darwin, Marx, and Freud will be addressed, together with issues of gender, national identity, technology, consumption, and social change. The module will provide a forum for the development of innovative research and examine these creatures in all their various manifestations and cultural meanings.
Besides this unique course module this UK School also offers you the chance to explore the representation of different cultural themes across a diverse range of texts and historical periods. In 2010-11 the students will have the chance to explore debates about desire and sexuality in the 1890s and questions of class identity in twentieth-century literature and film.
Entry requirements:
We require at least an upper second class honors (or equivalent) degree with a significant element (at least 50%) of Literature. Graduates with an Honors Degree in any discipline who have other wise demonstrated potential to succeed at postgraduate level in Literature will also be considered. IELTS requirement - 6.5.
For Course details & structure click here (http://www.herts.ac.uk/courses/Modern-Literary-Cultures_details.cfm).
As we can see by the course description, it won't be an easy A. Students will be required to put actual thought into their favorite vampire stories, they will have to look at them with a new perspective to some extent.
Source: www.vampires.com (http://www.vampires.com/university-offers-course-in-vampiric-literature/)
Reading the Vampire: Science, Sexuality, and Alterity in Modern Culture
This module investigates vampire narratives in literature from early vampire stories such J. Sheridan Le Fanuļ's lesbian vampire tale Carmilla and Bram Stoker's Dracula, the most famous vampire narrative of all, to the twentieth-century vampire chronicles of Anne Rice and the romantic blockbusters of Stephanie Meyer. Since their animation out of folk materials in the nineteenth century, vampires have been continually reborn in modern culture. They have enacted a host of anxieties and desires, shifting shape as the culture they are brought to life in itself changes form. Reading the Vampire embeds vampires in their cultural contexts, exploring their relationship to modernity; the influence of key thinkers such as Darwin, Marx, and Freud will be addressed, together with issues of gender, national identity, technology, consumption, and social change. The module will provide a forum for the development of innovative research and examine these creatures in all their various manifestations and cultural meanings.
Besides this unique course module this UK School also offers you the chance to explore the representation of different cultural themes across a diverse range of texts and historical periods. In 2010-11 the students will have the chance to explore debates about desire and sexuality in the 1890s and questions of class identity in twentieth-century literature and film.
Entry requirements:
We require at least an upper second class honors (or equivalent) degree with a significant element (at least 50%) of Literature. Graduates with an Honors Degree in any discipline who have other wise demonstrated potential to succeed at postgraduate level in Literature will also be considered. IELTS requirement - 6.5.
For Course details & structure click here (http://www.herts.ac.uk/courses/Modern-Literary-Cultures_details.cfm).
As we can see by the course description, it won't be an easy A. Students will be required to put actual thought into their favorite vampire stories, they will have to look at them with a new perspective to some extent.
Source: www.vampires.com (http://www.vampires.com/university-offers-course-in-vampiric-literature/)