The Gothic is certainly one of the most popular genres in both literature and media, generating a variety of spaces such as Arctic Gothic, Southern Gothic, Urban and Suburban Gothic, Space Gothic, and so forth. While the academic scholarship in the field of Gothic Studies provides us with a varied range of theoretical frameworks for such sub-genres individually, a general and all-encompassing epistemology of how these Gothic spaces take shape in the first place is still missing. This course intends to fill that gap and aims at mapping out an overview of Gothic spaces, especially in contemporary US-American cinema, which has played a significant role in cultural representation throughout the last decades.
| Frequency | Weekday | Time | Format / Place | Period | |
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| weekly | Di | 16-18 | S0-145 | 12.10.2026-05.02.2027 |
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| 23-ANG-M-AngHM3_IAS Media and the Processes of Culture / Los medios y los procesos de la cultura | "Cultural Communication" oder "Mediating Cultures" | Study requirement
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| 23-ANG-M-HM4 Main Module 4: Media and the Processes of Culture | HM 4.1 Cultural Communication | Study requirement
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| HM 4.2 Mediating Cultures | Study requirement
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| 23-IAS-M-IAS4 North American Literature and the Processes of Culture | Cultural and Literary Contact in the U.S.A. I | Study requirement
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| Cultural and Literary Contact in the U.S.A. II | Study requirement
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| 23-LIT-M-LitAM4 Advanced Module II: Philological Specialisation in American Language and Literature | Lehrveranstaltung 1 | Study requirement
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| Lehrveranstaltung 2 | Study requirement
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| Lehrveranstaltung 3 | Graded examination
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| 23-LIT-M-LitINT Intensification Course | Aufbaumodul Lehrveranstaltung 1 | Study requirement
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| Aufbaumodul Lehrveranstaltung 2 | Study requirement
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| Aufbaumodul Lehrveranstaltung 3 | Study requirement
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| Profilmodul Lehrveranstaltung 1 | Study requirement
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| Profilmodul Lehrveranstaltung 2 | Study requirement
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| 23-LIT-M-LitPM3 Profile Module III: Literature and Media | Lehrveranstaltung 1 | Graded examination
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| Lehrveranstaltung 2 | Study requirement
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| 23-LIT-M-PM4 Profile module 4: Transnational Literary History | Transnational Literary History (1) | Study requirement
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| Transnational Literary History (2) | Study requirement
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| - | Graded examination | Student information | |
| 23-MeWi-HM1 Media, Language and Culture | Lehrveranstaltung I | Graded examination
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| Lehrveranstaltung II | Study requirement
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| Lehrveranstaltung III | Study requirement
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| Lehrveranstaltung IV | Study requirement
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| 38-M2-KV Cultural Theory, History, and Anthropology | Kulturgeschichte | Study requirement
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| 38-M9-KV_a Individual Specialisation | Wissenschaftliche Profilierung | Study requirement
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