The Eerie: An Exploration Across Time and Space (ARB-0072)

Fall 2025 · ARB 0072 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Explores the iterations of the eerie and uncanny in literature, art, cinema, landscape, and history and its relevance to present-day global culture. The development of the uncanny as a major concept in early 20th-century European psychology and how awareness of the eerie contributes to understanding trauma, ambiguous loss, sexism, racism, and xenophobia in our current society. Cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach with an emphasis on texts from East Asia and the Middle East with some consideration of other cultures. Co-taught by faculty members in the department. No prerequisites.

Course codes: ARB-0072, ARB 0072, ARB0072, ARB-72, ARB 72, ARB72, JPN-0072, JPN 0072, JPN0072, JPN-72, JPN 72, JPN72, ILCS-0072, ILCS 0072, ILCS0072, ILCS-72, ILCS 72, ILCS72

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