SoSe 20: PS-Introduction to Cultural Studies: Revisiting Jekyll and Hyde
Cordula Lemke
Comments
The Doppelgänger has always been fascinating to writers, but it certainly reached a peak in the nineteenth century. In this period of high moral standards and utilitarian business acumen, questions of how to distinguish between good and evil became more and more pertinent to society – and incidents where moral categories collapsed were as much feared as a financial break-down. In this seminar we will start with the most famous pair, Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, before looking at their successors in Emma Tennant's Two Women of London and J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter. We will also try and trace their history in films and other media.
Texts:
Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Emma Tennant, Two Women of London J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
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Regular appointments