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ENGL 2307

ENGL 2307 . 1 April 2014. Today’s PLan. A quick view of the rest of the semester Discussion of The Haunting of Hill House Midterm evaluation (for me). The rest of the semester. 5 weeks left

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ENGL 2307

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  1. ENGL 2307 1 April 2014

  2. Today’s PLan • A quick view of the rest of the semester • Discussion of The Haunting of Hill House • Midterm evaluation (for me)

  3. The rest of the semester • 5 weeks left • Next Thursday is a film day---but we will not WATCH the film in class; as with all the texts, you should have watched it prior to that point • Source explanation due 4/17 • Draft due 4/22 • Peer Review 5/6 • Final due 5/9 • Remember that you can gain two extra credit points with two visits to the UWC for IW and one extra credit point for the draft

  4. Thursday • How did Thursday go? • What did you think of “Tell Me, Tell Me”? • Any last questions/concerns/comments?

  5. Three Presentations today • Amanda Locke • Gloria Lerma • Andrew Baez

  6. Shirley Jackson • 1919-1965 • Most anthologized story is “The Lottery” • Frequently wrote short stories for a variety of magazines, including The New Yorker • Wrote twelve novels, some more focused on families than horror • Highly influential • Shirley Jackson Award: “literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.”

  7. The Haunting of Hill House • Originally published in 1959 • Adapted in 1963 (and later in 1999) • Sold extremely well—and still does • #7,639 in Amazon sales—55 years after its original publication • #42 in ghost stories • #23 in Kindle ghost stories---behind a lot of $0.99 options.

  8. The Haunting of Hill House • Haunting or Haunted House? • Think back to other stories…including “The Haunted and the Haunters: or, the House and the Brain” and Maybe This Time/The Turn of the Screw • How do we distinguish the two? • Does it matter?

  9. The Haunting of Hill House • Opening paragraph and closing paragraph • What do they mean? • What is the significance?

  10. The Haunting of Hill House • Characters • Eleanor • Theo • Dr. Montague • Luke • Mrs. Montague and Arthur, Eleanor’s family, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley

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