From ‘Frankenstein’ to ‘Dracula,’ exploring the dark world of death and the undead offers a reminder of our mortality
At first glance, a college course devoted to death might sound grim. But at the University of Tennessee, “Death, Dying, and the Undead” uses literature to explore what it means to live. From Wilfred Owen’s wrenching war poetry to Poe’s “Masque of the Red Death” and Shelley’s Frankenstein, students wrestle with fear, loss, and the mystery of mortality. The lessons reach beyond the page: reflecting on death, it turns out, helps students think more deeply about how to live. Molly Ryder Granatino with The Conversation has the full story that’s a perfect segue
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