To start things off my name is Kelsea and I'm a senior at TCU from Texas City, TX. I'll be graduating in December of this year with a dual degree in speech-language pathology and sociology with a minor in psychology. After a semester off I plan to attend graduate school next fall (where is still up in the air) and pursue a career working abroad with soldiers suffering from Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI).
I'm taking this introduction to fiction class to fulfill my last core requirements for graduation and hope to gain a better understanding of this genre of literature and the climate that caused it to become and remain popular into current times. I haven't read many pieces of literature that would be considered Gothic but from the overview of the course I think I'll be pretty interested in the books covered. Looking at what I though I knew about the term "Gothic" and what it actually consists of, I realize I know next to nothing. I look forward to learning about the elements that come together to form Gothic literature and examine the underlying meanings and messages that the books are filled with. It should be an informative and exciting class and I'm especially looking forward to watching "Fight Club" and seeing how the movie ties into Gothic literature.
