Blockveranstaltung: The Revival of Folk Horror in British Literature and Film - Details

Blockveranstaltung: The Revival of Folk Horror in British Literature and Film - Details

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Course name Blockveranstaltung: The Revival of Folk Horror in British Literature and Film
Course number ANG.05295.03
Semester SoSe 2025
Current number of participants 14
Home institute Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Courses type Blockveranstaltung in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Preliminary discussion Friday, 23.05.2025 16:30 - 18:00
First date Friday, 23.05.2025 16:30 - 18:00
Learning organisation Organisatorische Fragen zu Räumen, Gebäudezugang am Samstag (14.6.) usw. bitte an Frau Aline Leuchtenberger im Sekretariat: aline.leuchtenberger@anglistik.uni-halle.de

The course requires reading, viewing, and studying time before and after the sessions.
Performance record Unmarked Assignment (= Studienleistung):
>> Regular attendance and participation
>> In-depth knowledge of the viewing and reading material
>> Short tasks in class (individual and group work)
>> Work-in-progress oral presentation (10 mins in class + PPP)

Marked Assignment (Prüfungsleistung):
>> Term paper (8.000-9.000 words) to be submitted by 10 September 2025.

Please note that the term paper must be written in accordance with our 'Stylesheet Englische Literatur and Kultur': https://www.anglistik.uni-halle.de/studium_lehre/hausarbeiten/
Lehrsprache(n) Deutsch
Studiengänge (für) LA Gym Englisch (2012+2015)
MA Angloamerikanische Literatur, Sprache und Kultur 120 LP (2015 / 2024)
SWS 2
Miscellanea Organisatorische Fragen zu Räumen, Gebäudezugang am Samstag (14.6.) usw. bitte an Frau Aline Leuchtenberger im Sekretariat: aline.leuchtenberger@anglistik.uni-halle.de

Rooms and times

No room preference
Friday, 23.05.2025 16:30 - 18:00
Saturday, 24.05.2025 16:30 - 18:00
Seminarraum 2 [AKStr.35] (Angl.)
Friday, 13.06.2025 - Saturday, 14.06.2025 10:00 - 18:00

Module assignments

Comment/Description

This block seminar explores the genre of folk horror in British literary and cultural artefacts, focusing in particular on its revival in the twenty-first century. In the scope of this course, we will not only discuss the history of the genre but also jointly turn to the question of what this mode – in which the landscape, for instance, plays a dominant role – can tell us about past and present global issues, ranging from rural communities and customs, religious extremism to gender and the environmental crisis. After engaging with selected literary folk horror narratives, our particular focus will rest on contemporary folk horror films produced by British filmmakers Ben Wheatley and Alex Garland.

Primary Texts/Films:
Kane, Paul and Marie O’Regan (eds.). Beyond and Within Folk Horror. London: Flame Tree Publishing, 2024. (excerpts will be provided)
Ben Wheatley’s A Field in England (2013)
Alex Garland’s Annihilation (2018)
Ben Wheatley’s In the Earth (2021)
Alex Garland’s Men (2022)

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Anmeldung gesperrt (global)".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • Admission locked.

Registration mode

The enrolment is binding, participants cannot unsubscribe themselves.