Purpose

This site is an ongoing collaborative effort of the students in Dr. Craig Jacobsen's ENH277AH course, "Facing Fear: Horror Narrative," at Mesa Community College. It'sIts purpose is to gather information about zombie narratives in all media, and to contextualize such narratives within the rich history of the genre as a scholarly exercise in narrative and cultural studies.

While only students in the course are able to write and edit wiki entries, anyone is welcome to become a registered user and offer useful commentary in the page-linked discussion threads or the general discussion forum.

Categories

Critical Tools

Approaches, theories, and other critical apparatus.

Patterns and Connections

A timeline, common themes, genre features, and other ways to identify connections among groups of zombie narrative texts.

Zombie Texts

Examples of zombie texts in a range of media.

Zombie Masters

Filmmakers, screenwriters, authors, game designers, and other artists who have created significant zombie texts.

Wiki Business

Entry guidelines and other mechanics of the site.