Tag Archives: YA Gothic
BAME Gothic Studies – PhD funding opportunity
OGOM’s recent ‘The Black Vampyre and Other Creations: Gothic Visions of New Worlds’ event, which took place as part of the nationwide Being Human festival, was a huge success. ‘The Black Vampyre’ (1819) itself is a rather odd and ambivalent … Continue reading
Posted in Courses, OGOM Research
Tagged BAME Gothic, global Gothic, PhD Funding, PhD Gothic Stduies, PhD Literature, postcolonialism, race, YA Gothic
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Return of the vampire: Stephenie Meyer’s Midnight Sun and YA vampire fiction
The Open Graves, Open Minds Project began in 2010, in part as a response to Stephenie Meyer’s hugely successful Twilight series; a Young Adult vampire romance series, the first of which was Twilight (2005). We launched the Project with an … Continue reading
Posted in Resources, Reviews
Tagged Gothic, Nineteenth century, Paranormal romance, Stephenie Meyer, Twilight, Vampires, YA Gothic, YA novels
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Vampire criticism: Slayage and Angel; Holly Black’s Coldtown
Angel, the tormented ‘vampire with a soul’, was, through his love affair with Buffy in Joss Whedon’s TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997‒2003), one significant archetype of the romantic vampire of paranormal romance. Whedon then developed his character further … Continue reading
YA Gothic, fairytale retellings, demon lovers, mermaids and Scottish myths
Here’s a selection of interesting articles on OGOM-related topics. First, an article on YA Gothic with some recommended novels in the genre. Much of our research has focused on these texts–they are often more adventurous than their adult counterpart, especially … Continue reading
CFPs: Myth and dream, horror, Dracula and vampires, youth horror
A few CFPs for conferences and calls for articles: 1. Myth and Dream / The Dreaming of Myth, 23-24 May 2019, University of Bologna. Deadline: 28 February 2019. The conference invites proposals addressing diverse approaches to the combination of myth … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles, CFP (Conferences)
Tagged Bram Stoker, Children's literature, Dracula, dream, Film, Folklore, global Gothic, horror, myth, TV, Vampires, YA Fiction, YA Gothic
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IGA2018: Ambiguous Creatures and Ambivalent Morals
A huge thank you to all the organisers of the International Gothic Association 2018 conference, held at Manchester Metropolitan University. And thanks to all who attended OGOM’s Ambiguous Creatures and Ambivalent Morals panel and to all the lovely and inspiring … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research
Tagged angels, changelings, fairies, Genre, Gothic romance, Hybridity, IGA Manchester, mummies, Paranormal romance, Vampires, YA Gothic
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YA Gothic Fiction: CFP (edited collection) and NYALitFest (event)
Research into Young Adult Gothic fiction forms a core part of the OGOM Project, and feeds into the associated teaching that Dr Sam George has been conducting for some years now at the University of Hertfordshire (see here). So these … Continue reading
OGOM and Young Adult Fiction @Identities_YA
Just a quick post to say thank you to Dr Sonya Andermahr and Anthony Stepniak for organising the Identities in YA Symposium and for inviting me to give a keynote. There were many highlights to the day including the ‘Monstrous … Continue reading
YA Gothic at ‘Investigating Identities’, 16th December
Just a quick post to say that I will be giving a keynote on YA Gothics at Investigating Identities in Young Adult YA Narratives symposium 16th December. If you are interested in attending it is only £10.00 for students and … Continue reading
YA Literature, Media, and Culture website
Dr Leah Phillips, a researcher in YA literature, has set up a marvellous resource, the YA Literature, Media, and Culture Research Network website. This is still being developed but already holds a useful database of YA literature researchers, a news … Continue reading
Posted in Reading Lists, Resources
Tagged adolescence, Paranormal romance, teen fiction, YA culture, YA Fiction, YA Gothic, YA literature
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