Aspects of Gothic Literature December 2012 Contents Gothic elements in some pre-eighteenth century literature……………………….page 3 The Gothic in Literature of the 20th/21st Century……………………………………...page 6 Transgression and Excess………………………………………………………………………..page 9 Structure of Gothic Literature………………………………………………………………..page 11 GOTHIC ELEMENTS IN SOME PRE-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE Horace Walpole The Castle of Otranto (1764) 21st century gothic style * Originate from a Germanic
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through Isolation Mary Shelly depicted destruction commencing due to gothic isolation in the novel‚ Frankenstein. She placed Victor Frankenstein inside a living space cohesive to harmony and unhindered development from a young age; it lent itself to self-exploration and a lack or emotional pain. The author used the youth as support towards the display of darker isolation. Victor’s choice of scientific exploration and gothic isolation securely left coherence‚ as he continued his path towards discord
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In this final assignment I will talk about the patriarchal fear of female sexuality. I will also be dealing with a brief summary of the female figure in the gothic novel. To begin with‚ I will give a brief summary of the changes that experimented the topics of the nineteenth century novel; then I will comment on the description which some scholars give about the woman of the nineteenth century. I will also exemplify the patriarchal fear of female sexuality by using two of the texts studied in the
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge took to the innovative gothic genre with his poem “Christabel”. The poem “Christabel” is a two part poem containing numerous gothic elements‚ paired with various literary devices to convey a vampire-esque theme. These gothic characteristics include the damsel in distress‚ the dark setting/nature‚ and Geraldine’s strange perversions. The poem contains symbolism‚ proper dialect‚ and personification which all help to convey the gothic theme and define the poem as a vampire poem
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Gothic Conventions used in The Others: The film ‘The Others’ made by Alejandro Amenabar in 2011 is a film about a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children in their large‚ old home which she believes is haunted by ghosts. This film uses a large range of techniques and ideas to emphasise and contribute to its gothic themes. These techniques include dark and light imagery‚ symbolism and setting. The Others also uses traditional gothic ideas to develop these themes throughout the movie‚
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protagonists in Gothic Literature‚ in order to determine the validity of Gothic as a serious genre rather than the merely macabre” The three texts; Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter and Selected poems by John Keats project images of female characters in very different ways. Much of the portrayal of females is in correlation to the attitudes and position of women within society at the time of writing. The preconception of many people is that the Gothic genre is based entirely
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The origins and characteristics of Gothic Literature came in 1764 with the publication of Horace Walpole’s Castle of Otranto (“Zittaw”). Ever since then‚ Gothic Literature has become more popular and is being used in numerous works of great literature. Gothic Literature has had a remarkable impact in the world of English literature and is currently still evolving from its original roots. Gothic Literature is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. It was developed
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and Gothic Dimensions; Scene 1 Shakespeare immediately and emphatically introduces the Gothic theme in the first scene within the first Act. This is demonstrated with him setting the scene using the stage direction “Thunder and lightning”. Such weather is a typical gothic dimension exploited by several authors‚ thus aiding the construction of a gothic play‚ and arguably is prophesising the future turmoil and disintegration of order. The ‘thunder and lightning’ displays the reckless elements of nature
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Adeleine Dauray Ms. Nadler English 12 February 5‚ 2017 The conventions of the Gothic that we have talked about so far this year are things such as masks‚ pointed architecture‚ the supernatural‚ haunted spaces‚ and young girls who are innocent and weak. A specific TV series on Netflix comes to my mind when I hear of gothic conventions: The Vampire Diaries. The Vampire Diaries is very much about the supernatural. The main character‚ Elena‚ is a young teenager who lost both of her parents in a
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"Name and discuss in detail two Gothic sculptures making references to the period in which they were produced‚ them‚ composition and style. Discuss briefly the role of a sculpture in a named Cathedral from the Gothic Period." The word "Gothic" was given to the style of architecture that evolved between 1150 and 1499 in Europe. It was invented by the Renaissance historians and artists to express their negative attitude to an art they thought was barbaric. Gothic culture was urban based unlike Romanesque
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