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