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No problem, Taylor. We just wrapped up the class on Monday, and I got three papers on The Shining, one comparing the novel to movie. The student in question was particularly critical of Wendy's character, so I was very gratified by their responses this time around. Quite a lot of students...

We are half way through The Shining now. They are already on board with King vs. Kubrick. I got some interesting reactions to The Exorcist, lol; disturbed a few, but they were warned via disclaimer on the syllabus and before I showed it.

lmao, I sure think of them of "its"...Cousin It! lol Going well, just got done with the Poes, now on to Dracula!

Walter, I think I inadvertently ignored your question about Paradise Lost. Certainly it contains elements of horror--Mary Shelley's creature in Frankenstein uses Satan as a comparable pathetic creature, but then, Satan is both antagonist and hero--an anti-hero--and created what we refer to as...

Just an update: I've now got 18 in the class! Biggest literature class on campus! We just got done with Frankenstein (we watched Gothic, 1931 and 1994 versions of the films), just got through with my lecture on Edgar Allan Poe and about to show the American International film versions of...

LOL, wow, they came up with a lot of them, none of them particularly memorable--I'd have to ask them to remind me of some of them. Most of them were incidental remarks, but they would dissolve into giggles over the pure silliness of it. I let them watch it, mainly because the youngest said he...

LOL, looks like I have made three new Stephen King fans. We showed my stepkids the miniseries of The Stand, and they've really taken a shine to Tom Cullen! They keep creating new m-o-o-n's. Adorable. This is one of King's strongest appeals: he appeals to a wide range of audience, especially...

Update: 10 enrolled so far. We're safe!

Update: the class made--have 7 students so far, could get more by the time of regular registration and late adds. Woohoo!:)

I can wear those again now, just not in class, lol. Once upon a time, when I played Frank N. Furter, I wore them a lot. Then I went to grad school and gained a lot of weight, but I lost most of it, 127 lbs. worth, last year after my gastric bypass. I try not to think about Thinner, lol.

Lol, I don't know--when did you attend? I've taught this class since about 2004. Our school has suffered in enrollment even worse than it usually did, which meant that the last time I taught it was in 2010. I tried to offer it last year, but it didn't make--I've got 5 enrolled so far in...

I'm not an American Lit specialist, although I do cover some American works (like King's) for my Gothic class, and while I read Catch-22 in grad school, I haven't read Closing Time--didn't know about it. It is a sequel to Catch-22, so I will look into it. I did the first 1/3 of my dissertation...

Lol, yes, pretty much, but I'm paid to be pissed off about attrition. Most of the films take at least two class periods, so I have to also reserve time for writing and discussion. It is a sophomore level humanities class (used to be classified as English, but it's interdisciplinary, after...

I'm going to be using The Shining in my Spring 2014 Gothic Literature and Film class on Tue-Thurs at 1 pm. The lineup is as follows: Frankenstein (Gothic, 1931 Frankenstein, and Kenneth Branaugh's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner") Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit...