Monsters & the Monstrous

FOLK-F253

Instructor
Robert Dobler
Course Description
Monsters blend the repellent with the alluring, the strange with the familiar; they simultaneously break and define the boundaries and categories of social existence, pushing us to consider the limits of what it means to be human. We will discuss creatures of myth and legend, the exhibition of 'freaks' in turn-of-the-century sideshows, vampires, zombies, human/beast hybrids, Bigfoot, lake monsters, internet horrors, and various other monsters, to gain insight into their meaningful interactions with us, both imagined and encountered.