H.P. Lovecraft Style, Science, Myth

Course Description

In this class, in addition to reading the major works of H.P. Lovecraft, we will be considering his work in three specific ways: as a style, as a philosophy of science, and as a source of contemporary myth. Students will complete projects analyzing these three issues, as they pertain to Lovecraft's writing and world.

Course Schedule

Unit 1: Style

03.06 Wed

Listen to Introduction Podcast & Biography Podcast

03.08 Fri

Finish Reading & Listen to Story Podcasts: “The Statement of Randolph Carter”, “The Outsider”, “The Music of Erich Zann”, “The Lurking Fear”, “The Rats in the Walls”

03.09 Sat

03.22 Fri

Finish Reading & Listen to Story Podcasts: “The Shunned House”, “The Horror at Red Hook”, “He”, “Cool Air”, “Pickman’s Model”, “The Whisperer in Darkness”

03.23 Sat

03.26 Tue

Project 1 Due

Unit 2: Science

03.29 Fri

Finish Reading & Listen to Story Podcasts: “Herbert West–Reanimator”, “The Colour Out of Space”

03.30 Sat

04.05 Fri

Finish Reading & Listen to Story Podcasts: “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward”

04.06 Sat

04.12 Fri

Finish Reading & Listen to Story Podcasts: “At the Mountains of Madness”

04.13 Sat

04.15 Mon

Project 2 Due

Unit 3: Myth

04.19 Fri

Finish Reading & Listen to Story Podcasts: “Call of Cthulu”, “The Dunwich Horror”, “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”, “The Dreams in the Witch House”

04.20 Sat

04.26 Fri

Finish Reading & Listen to Story Podcasts: “The Thing on the Doorstep”, “The Shadow Out of Time”, “The Haunter of the Dark”

04.27 Sat

04.30 Tue

Project 3 Due