Dracula and Eastern Europe: A Bridging Cultures Module for Teaching Gothic Fiction

Resource Type: 
Lesson Plans, Unit Plans, Modules
Intended Audience: 
Higher Education
Faculty
Global Theme: 
World Literature; Imaginary Geographies
Subject/Content Area: 
Eastern Europe in Victorian Literature

 
Developed by Dr. John Gall at the Community College of Beaver County (CCBC), this module shows how to introduce humanities content on Eastern Europe by incorporating Gothic novels into literature courses.
 
This module resulted from a series of joint workshops organized in 2014-2016 by CCBC in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Russian and East European Studies. This partnership for curriculum and campus internationalization was supported with a grant through the "Bridging Cultures with Community Colleges" program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.