1. GOTHIC INTO FILM
LIST OF TEXTS
1. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus;
2. Bram Stoker, Dracula.
LIST OF FILMS
1. Kenneth Branagh, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994);
2. Francis Ford Coppola, Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Test Components
1. Literary and film analysis: 50%
Questions that call on the students’ ability to interpret passages from the texts and
episodes and visual details from the films. Such questions may involve recognition of
conventions and genre characteristics, allusions and references.
2. Cultural and Historical Contexts: 50%
Questions on literary, cinematic, cultural, and intellectual history, as well as
identification of key aspects of the two authors’ biographies through critical
statements or biographical information; identification of details of character, plot, or
setting of the texts and films.