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Gothic Literature

General Humanities

Hybrid

Precepted by Dr. Amy H. Sturgis

Current and Upcoming Modules in the Gothic Literature Portal

May 2026

The Secret History by Donna Tartt: Unpacking the “Whydunit” Mystery Hybrid

Precepted by Dr. Amy H. Sturgis

Preceptors for Gothic Literature

Amy H. Sturgis

Anna Milon

Julian Barr

Laurel Stevens

Liam Daley

Pilar Barrera

Sara Brown

All Modules in Gothic Literature Portal

Module	Preceptor	Sector	Portals
Children’s "Christmas Gothic" Book Club	Dr. Kris Swank	Fantasy Studies Sector	Children’s Literature Comparative Mythology Fantasy Gothic Literature Magic Mythopoeia
Folk Horror: Journey into Modernity's Nightmares	Jay Moses	Fantasy Studies Sector	Adaptation Theory Film Studies Folklore Gothic Literature
Gothic Doubles: Dr Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and The Picture of Dorian Gray	Dr. Liam Daley	General Humanities Sector	British Literature Gothic Literature
Gothic Doubles: Dr Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and The Picture of Dorian Gray	Dr. Liam Daley	General Humanities Sector	British Literature Gothic Literature
Gothic Doubles: Dr Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and The Picture of Dorian Gray	Dr. Liam Daley	General Humanities Sector	British Literature Gothic Literature
Gothic Doubles: Dr Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and The Picture of Dorian Gray	Dr. Liam Daley	General Humanities Sector	British Literature Gothic Literature
Haunting Tales Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Gothic Literature Weird Fiction Women's Studies
Haunting Tales: A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Gothic Literature Weird Fiction Women's Studies
Haunting Tales: A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Gothic Literature Weird Fiction Women's Studies
Haunting Tales: A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Gothic Literature Weird Fiction Women's Studies
Haunting Tales: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Gothic Literature Weird Fiction Women's Studies
Haunting Tales: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Gothic Literature Weird Fiction Women's Studies
Haunting Tales: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Gothic Literature Weird Fiction Women's Studies
Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson: Exploring a Gothic Campus Mystery	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Dark Academia Gothic Literature Mystery Fiction Women's Studies
Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson: Exploring a Gothic Campus Mystery	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Dark Academia Gothic Literature Mystery Fiction Women's Studies
Last Seen Wearing by Hillary Waugh: Discovering a Turning Point in Crime Fiction	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Crime Dark Academia Gothic Literature Mystery Fiction
Imagination Unhinged at the End of the World Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Koke Saavedra	Fantasy Studies Sector	Fantasy Gothic Literature Latin American Studies Science Fiction Speculative Fiction Women's Studies
Imagination Unhinged at the End of the World: Chile’s Extraordinary Science Fiction and Fantasy I	Dr. Koke Saavedra	Fantasy Studies Sector	Fantasy Gothic Literature Latin American Studies Science Fiction Speculative Fiction Women's Studies
Imagination Unhinged at the End of the World: Chile’s Extraordinary Science Fiction and Fantasy I	Dr. Koke Saavedra	Fantasy Studies Sector	Fantasy Gothic Literature Latin American Studies Science Fiction Speculative Fiction Women's Studies
Imagination Unhinged at the End of the World: Chile’s Extraordinary Science Fiction and Fantasy II	Dr. Koke Saavedra	Fantasy Studies Sector	Fantasy Gothic Literature Latin American Studies Science Fiction Speculative Fiction Women's Studies
The Secret History by Donna Tartt: Unpacking the “Whydunit” Mystery	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Crime Dark Academia Gothic Literature Mystery Fiction Romanticism
Meeting the Horned God of the Witches	Dr. Anna Milon	Fantasy Studies Sector	Children’s Literature Ecocriticism Fantasy Gothic Literature Weird Fiction
Meeting the Horned God of the Witches	Dr. Anna Milon	Fantasy Studies Sector	Children’s Literature Ecocriticism Fantasy Gothic Literature Weird Fiction
Meeting the Horned God of the Witches	Dr. Anna Milon	Fantasy Studies Sector	Children’s Literature Ecocriticism Fantasy Gothic Literature Weird Fiction
Meeting the Horned God of the Witches	Dr. Anna Milon	Fantasy Studies Sector	Children’s Literature Ecocriticism Fantasy Gothic Literature Weird Fiction
Meeting the Horned God of the Witches	Dr. Anna Milon	Fantasy Studies Sector	Children’s Literature Ecocriticism Fantasy Gothic Literature Weird Fiction
Meeting the Horned God of the Witches	Dr. Anna Milon	Fantasy Studies Sector	Children’s Literature Ecocriticism Fantasy Gothic Literature Weird Fiction
Meet The Last Man	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Anthropocene British Literature Ecocriticism Gothic Literature History Romanticism Science Fiction Time Travel
Meet The Last Man	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Anthropocene British Literature Ecocriticism Gothic Literature History Romanticism Science Fiction Time Travel
Meet The Last Man	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Anthropocene British Literature Ecocriticism Gothic Literature History Romanticism Science Fiction Time Travel
Meet The Last Man	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Anthropocene British Literature Ecocriticism Gothic Literature History Romanticism Science Fiction Time Travel
Meet The Last Man	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Anthropocene British Literature Ecocriticism Gothic Literature History Romanticism Science Fiction Time Travel
Meet The Last Man	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Anthropocene British Literature Ecocriticism Gothic Literature History Romanticism Science Fiction Time Travel
Signum Classics: Dracula	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Dark Academia Fantasy Gothic Literature Monsters Romanticism
Signum Classics: Frankenstein	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Gothic Literature Monsters Science Fiction
Signum Classics Series Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Classical Literature Dark Academia Dystopian Literature Fairy Tales Fantasy Gothic Literature Monsters Romanticism Speculative Fiction Young Adult Fiction
Tolkien and the Romantics: Dark Romanticism and the Gothic Literary Tradition	Will Sherwood	General Humanities Sector	Anthropocene British Literature Classical Literature Ecocriticism Epic Fantasy Fantasy Gothic Literature JRR Tolkien Literacy Magic Metaphysics Monsters Philosophy Poetry Romanticism The Middle Ages
Tolkien and the Romantics: Dark Romanticism and the Gothic Literary Tradition	Will Sherwood	General Humanities Sector	Anthropocene British Literature Classical Literature Ecocriticism Epic Fantasy Fantasy Gothic Literature JRR Tolkien Literacy Magic Metaphysics Monsters Philosophy Poetry Romanticism The Middle Ages
Tolkien and the Romantics: Forging Myth and History	Will Sherwood	General Humanities Sector	Anthropocene Arthurian Literature British Literature Classical Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Gothic Literature History JRR Tolkien Literacy Magic Metaphysics Monsters Philosophy Poetry Romanticism The Middle Ages Time Travel Travel Literature Worldbuilding
Tolkien and the Romantics: Forging Myth and History	Will Sherwood	General Humanities Sector	Anthropocene Arthurian Literature British Literature Classical Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Gothic Literature History JRR Tolkien Literacy Magic Metaphysics Monsters Philosophy Poetry Romanticism The Middle Ages Time Travel Travel Literature Worldbuilding
Tolkien and the Romantics: Forging Myth and History	Will Sherwood	General Humanities Sector	Anthropocene Arthurian Literature British Literature Classical Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Gothic Literature History JRR Tolkien Literacy Magic Metaphysics Monsters Philosophy Poetry Romanticism The Middle Ages Time Travel Travel Literature Worldbuilding
Tolkien and the Romantics: Imagining and Dreaming	Will Sherwood	General Humanities Sector	British Literature Classical Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Gothic Literature JRR Tolkien Literacy Magic Metaphysics Owen Barfield Poetry Romanticism The Inklings The Middle Ages Time Travel
Tolkien and the Romantics: Imagining and Dreaming	Will Sherwood	General Humanities Sector	British Literature Classical Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Gothic Literature JRR Tolkien Literacy Magic Metaphysics Owen Barfield Poetry Romanticism The Inklings The Middle Ages Time Travel
Victorian Gothic: Exploring Dracula	Dr. Sara Brown	General Humanities Sector	Gothic Literature
Victorian Gothic: Exploring Dracula	Dr. Sara Brown	General Humanities Sector	Gothic Literature
Wayward Children Novellas: Part 2	Laurel Stevens	Fantasy Studies Sector	Book series Fantasy Gothic Literature Monsters Novellas Weird Fiction

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