FL 263A The Fantastic
syllabus 

unit one
unit two
unit three
Phobia
Le Monde à l'Envers
La Danse Macabre
Le Grotesque 

 		 Course Reading List:

The following works will be considered ; the books have been ordered and are available at the Skidmore Shop. On occasion, and as needed, additional readings will be assigned, as well as films, through library reserve. 

  • E. T. A. Hoffmann: "The Sandman;" "Councillor Krespel." 
  • Edgar Allan Poe: selected Tales of Mystery and Imagination, including the five specifically cited on the web-page. Others as announced in class. 
  • Balzac: "The Red Inn," in Joan Kessler, ed. Demons of the Night. 
  • Théophile Gautier: "The Dead in Love " and "Arria Marcella," in Kessler. 
  • Villiers de l'Isle-Adam: "Vera," and "The Sign" in Kessler; "The Eleventh Hour Guest." 
  • Guy de Maupassant: "Who Knows" and "The Horla" in Kessler. 
  • Henry James: The Turn of the Screw 
  • Franz Kafka: The Metamorphosis 
  • J.-L. Borges: selections from Ficciones 
  • Julio Cortázar: selected tales from Blow-Up and other Stories and All Fires the Fire. 
  • Patrick Süsskind: Perfume, the Story of a Murderer. 
  • Angela Carter: selections from Burning Your Boats. 
  • Tzvetan Todorov: The Fantastic. 
  • Sigmund Freud: "The Uncanny." 

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