the GOTHIC
COURSE POLICIES
WRITING about LIT
CRITICAL APPROACHES
100

that which is both familiar and unfamiliar simultaneously; a strangeness within the familiar

THE UNCANNY

100

This is Dr. Hud's policy on revisions or extra credit.

He offers neither.

100

This is the correct verb tense to use when discussing actions in literature.

PRESENT TENSE verbs

100

considers certain events (social, political, etc.) that occurred (regionally, nationally, or globally) during the writer’s lifetime that may have had a direct influence of the writing of the text

SOCIO-HISTORICAL APPROACH

200

that which is traditionally disturbing and ugly but in which can be found beauty

THE SUBLIME

200

These are the FIVE CRITERIA that every typed assignment must have to demonstrate MLA format.

Times New Roman, 12pt font, double spacing, one-inch margins, zero Spacing After

200

This is how you punctuate the title of a poem or short story.

QUOTATION MARKS

200

considers a character’s actions and behavior, the motives for which may be rooted in the character’s unconscious

PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH

300

marginalized, outcasted; that which was once part of society but is now rejected by it; that which is part of ourselves that is forced out of us (skin, blood, body parts, etc.)

THE ABJECT

300

This is the consequence for plagiarism / using AI/Chat-GPT generated work in Dr. Hud's class.

ZERO

300

This is how you punctuate the title of a film or novel.

ITALICS

300

considers the atypical or stereotypical depictions of men / women in a text


GENDER APPROACH

400

that whose features are disproportionate to “normal” human features; it is disturbing and ugly without the possibility of being sublime

THE GROTESQUE

400

This is the consequence for sleeping, working on material for another class, or talking while Dr. Hud / another student (given permission) is talking during class.


STUDENT will be dismissed and not allowed to return until s/he has met with Dr. Hud during his office hours.

 

400

One of these is the correct parenthetical citation to follow a quote from a chaptered novel:
A) (chaper 2, page 19)
B) (19; ch. 2)

B

400

considers the struggle for economic power between people / social classes

MARXIST APPROACH

500

an alternative, degenerate Self, usually indicative of a Self’s duality

the döppelganger

500

This is the consequence for students who use  their cell phones during Dr. Hud's class.


Students will be dismissed and not allowed to return until they have met with Dr. Hud during his office hours.

500

This is the what goes in parenthesis after a quote from a film or TV episode.

TIME STAMP 
(01:24:56)

500

examines issues of power, economics, politics, religion, and culture (and how these elements work in relation to colonial hegemony)

POSTCOLONIAL APPROACH