Sheffield Gothic presents: Gothic Reading Group Schedule for Spring 2017 'Eco-Gothic' This year Sheffield Gothic delves into dystopia, apocalypse, natural disasters and sentient plant life, blurs the boundaries between man and beast, reads the Gothic in Middle Earth and plenty in between. All sessions take place from 4pm till 6pm in Jessop West room G.03 unless … Continue reading Gothic Reading Group Schedule, Spring 2017
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But is it Gothic? – Adventure Time
But Is it Gothic? – Adventure TimeMarceline the Vampire Queen, Adventure Time opening sequenceVampires? Check. Creepy landscapes? Check. Radioactive fallout resulting in mutations of sentient lollipops – come again? No I didn’t spill magic-mushroom flavour ice cream all over my handbook to Gothic literature, I’m just very excited to be writing a piece on one … Continue reading But is it Gothic? – Adventure Time
Gothic Reading Group Schedule, Autumn/Winter 2016
Sheffield Gothic presents:Gothic Reading Group Schedule for Autumn/Winter 2016: ‘But is it Gothic?’We’ve done the classics, we’ve done performance, we've done themes- what next for the Gothic Reading Group? This semester we’ve decided to take our favourite question to heart. We’ll be looking at a series of texts that may not always be identified as Gothic, but … Continue reading Gothic Reading Group Schedule, Autumn/Winter 2016
Are you Afraid of the Dark-Hearted Man? The Fifty Year Sword.
Last Wednesday, Sheffield Gothic met to talk stitching, orphans, and vengeance, as we discussed Mark Z. Danielewski's The Fifty Year Sword (2005), a novel which attempts to novelise the ghost story.Within the glossy pages, we are introduced to Chintana, a heartbroken seamstress who dreams of vengeance against her husband’s seductress, Belinda Kite. Chintana soon decides to attend … Continue reading Are you Afraid of the Dark-Hearted Man? The Fifty Year Sword.
Forshadowings: Performance Gothic in ‘Over the Garden Wall’ (Featuring ‘Penny Dreadful’ and ‘American Horror Story’)
In our next session, Sheffield Gothic is continuing with this semester’s theme of ‘performance Gothic’. This week, we turn to the silver screen: Penny Dreadful, American Horror Story and Over the Garden Wall. Frequent visitors to this blog will perhaps recall that I’ve gushed about Over the Garden Wall, Patrick McHale’s 10 part 2014 animation … Continue reading Forshadowings: Performance Gothic in ‘Over the Garden Wall’ (Featuring ‘Penny Dreadful’ and ‘American Horror Story’)
Gothic Reading Group schedule
All Gothic Reading Group meetings will take place from 4-6 pm every other Wednesday during term time, Location TBAAll within the academic community are welcome to attend! January 27th - "War of the Worlds" (1938 Orson Welles radio play)A classic moment in performance Gothic, Orson Welles' adaptation of the H.G, Wells' 1898 novel allegedly created widespread panic when it … Continue reading Gothic Reading Group schedule
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