Let me just say I that I am having the best time in my Gothic Literature class!!! There are just 6 of us in there, count me, that's 7 and we are having FUN!
Every student is engaged in the story, questioning the text, and finding real meaning in the plot. We spend all hour talking about a single chapter. This is the joy of an elective. I don't have to cram a lot of material into the semester. We can luxuriate in a single text for an extensive period of time. There are no real deadlines as long as the students and I have an understanding of the goals of the class and that every thing we do and talk about meets those objectives.
Here's a creepy story though--today is Septemeber 30 and we just finished the chapter where VanHelsing, Dr. Seward, Quincey, and Arthur Holmwood must kill Lucy the vampire--the date in the book--September 30. Makes me want to hum the Twilight Zone song!
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