GOTHIC LITERATURE PAULA BOANDA. GOTHIC LITERATURE Combines fiction, horror and romanticism Horace Walpole – The Castle of Otranto – 1763 Originated in.

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GOTHIC LITERATURE PAULA BOANDA

GOTHIC LITERATURE Combines fiction, horror and romanticism Horace Walpole – The Castle of Otranto – 1763 Originated in second half of 18 th C Popular in 19 th C in Germany and England

HORACE WALPOLE Combine elements of medieval romance and strict realism Plot includes: Threatening mysteries Ancient curses Trappings Fainting heroines

CLARA REEVE Pioneer of the genre The English Baron – 1778 Balance between fantastic element of 18 th C and realism

ANN RADCLIFFE Technique of the explained supernatural Gothic villain  Byronic hero Made the Gothic novel being socially accepted

GOTHIC LITERATURE Two types of characteristics: Gothic elements Romantic elements

GOTHIC ELEMENTS Setting in a castle Atmosphere of mystery and suspense Supernatural creatures and events Women in distress and tyrannical men Metonymy of gloom and horror Vocabulary of gothic

ROMANTIC ELEMENTS Powerful love deciding the fate of the characters The uncertainty of correspondence in a relationship Unreturned love Tension between true love and fatherly control Lover being parted Illicit love Rival lovers or multiple suitors

GOTHIC LITERATURE TYPES: Continental Europe Gothic German Gothic Fiction Russian Empire Gothic Fiction The Romantics Victorian Period

VICTORIAN PERIOD G.W.N Reynolds Edgar Allan Poe Brontë sisters Elisabeth Gaskell Sheridan LeFanu

TO CONCLUDE WITH…