The University of the Cumberlands' English and Modern Foreign Language Department is hosting a "Gothic Gala" for all of its English majors and minors. Although the party is designed for the British Gothic Tradition class (currently taught by Dr. Gina Herring), the invitation has been extended to all English majors and minors as well as all lovers of Gothic literature and culture.The "gala" will be held April 30 in the foyer of the Grace Crum Rollins Center at 7:00 p.m. There will be refreshments and an opportunity for attendees to costume as elaborately or minimally as they choose. Dr. Herring has issued the following invitation:
"Enjoy Gothic glamour, fiendish feasting, and cryptic conversation in an atmosphere of eerie elegance and spine-tingling splendor unsurpassed this side of Transylvania! Please join us for a horrific evening of frightful frivolity!
The novels (or musicals) from which the Gala will draw its inspirations are the same as those studied in the British Gothic Tradition class: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Henry James' Turn of the Screw, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Daphne DuMaurier's Rebecca to name a few. The decorations and refreshments will be influenced by the works, and the guests are encouraged to costume to the same effect.
Each spring, the English and Modern Foriegn Language Department hosts one or more literature-themed events. Last year, the department hosted a Victorian picnic, a birthday party for Shakespeare, and a Regency-style tea party in honor of Jane Austen. This year, the department is hosting an unprecedented social event: a celebration of the dark side.
For more information about the majors, minors, and individual courses offered by the English and Modern Foriegn Language Department, visit the deparment's website.
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