gothic style in arts and literature
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GOTHIC STYLE IN ARTS AND LITERATURE
CONTENTS
• The notion of “gothic”
• Birth of the gothic novel
• Symbols and archetypes of the gothic novel
• Development of the genre
THE NOTION OF “GOTHIC”
Birth of the gothic novel
(1717-1797)
The Castle of Otranto (1764)
Gothic novel “must have”
• Terror, suspense, mystery• Breathtaking chapter endings• Supernatural (ghosts, magicians, werewolves, devils, monsters)
• Medieval setting (castle, abbey, monastery, ruins)
• Dark secrets and curses• Merciless vilain and virginal maiden
Ann Radcliffe(1764-1823)
Development of the genre
Charlotte Bronte
(1816-1855) Emily Bronte (1818-1848)Anne Bronte (1820-1849)
Satire and parody
Jane Austen “Northanger Abbey” (1818)
In search of a gothic novel?
• Clara Reeve• Matthew Gregory
Lewis• Mary Shelley• Charles Maturin• Sir Walter Scott• G.W.M. Reynolds• Edgar Allan Poe• Elizabeth Gaskell• Sheridan Le Fanu
• Bram Stoker• Charles Dickens• Robert Louis
Stevenson• Oscar Wilde• Henry James• Gaston Leroux• Arthur Conan Doyle• Joyce Carol Oates• Daphne du Maurier
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