1. Gothic Literature & Romanticism

2. What is GOTHIC?
What associations do you have with the word gothic? If you could make gothic something concrete, what would it:
Sound like?
Look like?
Feel like?

3. What makes literature GOTHIC?
Gothic fiction is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance, hence why it is categorized in the Romantic Period.

4. Gothic Elements
Not all are necessary for a piece to be gothic, just a good combination of a few.
a castle, ruined or intact, haunted or not
ruined buildings which are sinister or which arouse a pleasing melancholy
dungeons, underground passages, crypts, and catacombs which, in modern houses, become spooky basements or attics
labyrinths, dark corridors, and winding stairs
shadows, a beam of moonlight in the blackness, a flickering candle, or the only source of light failing (a candle blown out or an electric failure)

5. extreme landscapes, like rugged mountains, thick forests, or icy wastes, and extreme weather
omens and ancestral curses
magic, supernatural manifestations, or the suggestion of the supernatural
a passion-driven, willful villain-hero or villain
a curious heroine with a tendency to faint and a need to be rescued–frequently
a hero whose true identity is revealed by the end of the novel
horrifying (or terrifying) events or the threat of such happenings

6. Examples of Gothic Works
Horace Walople—The Castle of Otranto
regarded as the first true gothic romance
Nathaniel Hawthorne—The House of Seven Gables
Herman Melville—Moby-Dick
Edith Wharton—Ethan Frome

7. Gothic Architecture

8. What is ROMANTICISM?
What associations do you have with the word romantic? If you could make romantic something concrete, what would it:
Sound like?
Look like?
Feel like?

9. What makes literature ROMANTIC?
This literature stresses strong emotion such as trepidation, horror, and awe.

10. Romanticism Values
Literature reflects the values of society at that time.
Emotion over reason
Belief in the supernatural
Supremacy of nature over man
Individualism
Nationalism: Customs and Folklore
High regard for imagination

11. What is Romanticism?
Romanticism is a mid 17th Century movement that began in Europe as a response to the revolutions of the time. The Romantic period lasted until the early 19th Century influencing hundreds of artists, writers and philosophers.
Romantics sought freedom in individual thought and feeling as opposed to the waves of reason that were characteristic of the Period of Enlightenment.

12. Examples of Romantic Works
William Wordsworth
Lyrical Ballads (with Coleridge)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Mary Shelley
Frankenstein
John Keats
“Ode to a Nightingale”
Washington Irvin
Rip Van Winkle

13. Romanticism: In Art
Some of the characteristics found in Romantic art include:
The power of nature
Depiction of women and children
Critique of the past

14. Romanticism: Famous Artists
J.M.W. Turner
The Fighting Temeraire… (right)
John William Waterhouse
The Lady of Shallot (left)