Gothic Fiction, Shakespeare and the Seven Ages of Man (As You Like It), and Poe and Hawthorne: Social Critics

This Week, we will begin watching Kubrick's oft misunderstood, 1980 masterpiece, The Shining. 

Yes, I am excited for Fall and Halloween!

We will also read and discuss the Poe short story, "The Masque of the Red Death."

Poe's iconic and metonymy-laden short story contains almost all of the elements of Gothic fiction. 

We will identify these elements in both The Shining and "The Masque of the Red Death," and we will also consider the social and political functions of Gothic art.

And Shakespeare, because, well, because: http://genius.com/William-shakespeare-the-seven-ages-of-man-all-the-worlds-a-stage-annotated

And Hannibal, because: http://www.ew.com/article/2013/04/04/hannibal-bryan-fuller-the-shining