I surprisingly really liked this class a lot. To be perfectly honest, I left the first day when I realized how much work it was going to be and that we were going to be reading Gothic Literature and wanted to drop, but the only thing that stopped me was that the teacher was nice, and if I transferred classes who knows if I would get another great teacher. So I stuck with it.

I truly had no idea what Gothic Literature was when I entered the class, and had only my preconceived notion about Goths and knew that they kind of freak me out, so I figured I would hate this genre. At first I definitely struggled with the stories for two reasons: 1. I hadn't read a novel in over a year, and 2. I couldn't really understand the dialect in Castle of Otranto. By the end of the course I felt that I learned a great deal, my horizons had broadened, and actually enjoy reading now.

I overall enjoyed just about every reading. The Castle of Otranto probably is my least favorite of all the narratives we read, but it still wasn't too bad. My favorites came at the end of the class when we started reading Southern Gothic. I think SG is a great genre in its own and I can see how it correlates with many films I've studied. Maybe it would be cool to add Fight Club to your list of readings and then watch it too. I think it would be really fun to read at least the short story and see where Palahniuk started it all from.

Thanks again for a great class! I would take it again if I could. Hope to see you around campus.