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Financial Gothic
We are excited to invite you to our April session where we will be joined by special guest speaker Dr Amy Bride for Financial Gothic on 24 April 2024, 5-6.30pm (BST).
Gothica is an interdisciplinary, postgraduate-led reading group interested in the ever-present role of the Gothic in popular fiction and culture. We trace the genre’s origins to afterlives: from the long nineteenth century, to contemporary spectral appearances in fantasy, horror, and science fiction. We meet once per month to discuss some short readings and visual media that explore particular themes, subgenres, or contexts of the Gothic.
Benefits
Gothica is a monthly reading group, with lots of benefits. See what our attendees and fellow Goths think about our sessions.
resources
Each month, Gothica and our guest speakers prepare option resources for attendees to read, watch and interact with.
Blog
We occassionly post extended blog posts with additional information, reading and resources separate from the monthlly sessions.
“Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.”
ANGELA CARTER
Encouraging New Readings
This is a group of PGR students wanting to introduce students to alternative perspectives of well-loved genre canon classics by reading them comparatively alongside lesser-known and contemporary texts.
Identifying and Analysing Genre Tropes
One of the staples of genre analysis is understanding and identifying genre tropes. By recognizing the ways in which author’s situate their texts within popular culture, we encourage students of all levels to begin to historicise their analysis
Deconstructing Aesthetics
The Gothic in the contemporary moment has become a beauty aesthetic. From steampunk through to rock and metal music, the Gothic is still appealing. By discussing why this is, we can understand the present and its social anxieties
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