LTWL 123: Vampires in Literature and Film
872840 TuTh 11:00a-1:50p WLH 2112
The course will explore the origins of the vampire myth as well as look at the connections between vampires and other forms of the undead, including zombies. There is a research paper, which can be on a topic of the student's choosing if they wish and this paper helps the course fulfill the writing requirement for ERC and for some engineering majors.
Readings and films include
Selections from the earliest vampire tales, poems and folklore accounts
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Le Fanu's Carmilla
Matheson's I am Legend
Blade, True Blood, Vampire Diaries, and Blacula
For more information or for permission to enroll as a freshman or sophmore contact Lisa Lampert-Weissig llampert@ucsd.edu