University of Florida offers class examining 'white terror' in Frankenstein, other classic texts
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As part of the class, titled 'Black Horror, White Terror,' students are instructed to analyze horror books and movies through the lens of 'racial identity and oppression."
"We will also consider the relationship between horror and Black literary modes and traditions focusing on key moments that depict fears of Blackness and/or the terror associated with being Black in America," the syllabus reads. "This course will study the works of Black authors and producers as a way to explore racial identity and oppression." Kendall Tietz is a Production Assistant with Fox News Digital.
In addition to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, readings include Edgar Allen Poe’s "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," Toni Morrison's Beloved and Playing in the Dark, Solomon Northup’s Twelve Years A Slave and Florence Marryat’s The Blood of the Vampire.