I developed a “The Supernatural in Literature” unit that I can’t WAIT to get a teaching job so I can use it.
Neeeaat. I read 'Salem's Lot for a class on The Gothic in American Fiction.
Come on out, River. The nice man wants to kidnap you.
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Polter-Cow - Jan 15, 2005 2:10:25 pm PST #9438 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Strix - Jan 15, 2005 2:12:41 pm PST #9439 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
This is what I have for that unit, although I'll probably add/delete stuff as time goes by:
Materials and resources: "Danse Macabre" by Stephen King
"One for the Road" by Stephen King, from the anthology "Night Shift"
"The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
"Christabel" by Samuel Coleridge
"The Eve of St. Agnes" by John Keats
"The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James
"Carmilla" by F. Sheridan Le Fanu
"The Others" a 2001 film by Alejandro Almenabar
"The Fall of the House of Usher" from "Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection" read by Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone
Polter-Cow - Jan 15, 2005 2:18:49 pm PST #9440 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
"Christabel" by Samuel Coleridge
Vampires!
"The Eve of St. Agnes" by John Keats
Or maybe this was the vampires.
"The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James
We had this one too, but I only got halfway through it. I should finish it sometime. I saw the play though.
"Carmilla" by F. Sheridan Le Fanu
I have no clue who or what this is.
"The Others" a 2001 film by Alejandro Almenabar
Love this movie. And it's very Turn of the Screw-ish, isn't it?
"The Fall of the House of Usher" from "Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection" read by Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone
Sweet monkey.
Strix - Jan 15, 2005 2:20:59 pm PST #9441 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
No Le Fanu?! Go read it RIGHT NOW. [link]
Christabel is the unfinished lamia poem; St. Agnes is ghosts.
SailAweigh - Jan 15, 2005 2:22:12 pm PST #9442 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
"The Fall of the House of Usher" from "Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection" read by Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone
Along that vein, my folks had an LP of Boris Karloff reading children's stories (mainly scarey ones, with a few classics thrown in) that I used to adore, just for his voice. It made even the mundane creepy.
Polter-Cow - Jan 15, 2005 2:23:43 pm PST #9443 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
No Le Fanu?! Go read it RIGHT NOW. [link]
Whoa, cripes. That's long. No time for that at the moment, though I'll bookmark it.
Strix - Jan 15, 2005 2:25:19 pm PST #9444 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
It's a classic vampire story. It's wonderful -- you'll like it.
Amy - Jan 15, 2005 2:25:50 pm PST #9445 of 10001
Because books.
I developed a “The Supernatural in Literature” unit that I can’t WAIT to get a teaching job so I can use it.
Ooooh, I want to take this class! No Dracula, though?
I've never read Le Fanu either. But now I'm curious.
Strix - Jan 15, 2005 2:28:03 pm PST #9446 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I chose Jackson over Dracula basically because I think it's creepier and the writing is far better.
Beverly - Jan 15, 2005 2:33:38 pm PST #9447 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Plus, Dracula is on every list of the supernatural and the macabre. It's overexposed, whereas Jackson has fallen out of favor--or at least out of the limelight--in the last two decades. Time to introduce her to a new generation.
Which story was One for the Road, Erin? I think Night Shift may have been King at his best.