Dark ROMANTICISMDark ROMANTICISM

Yes. I am creeped out Yes. I am creeped out too.too.

What do you think it is?What do you think it is? Facial expression: enticing creepiness, Facial expression: enticing creepiness,

punishment, shock, horror punishment, shock, horror Setting: broken down church, run down, Setting: broken down church, run down,

darknessdarkness Characters: facial expressions, body language, Characters: facial expressions, body language,

crashing instruments, coming out of the groundcrashing instruments, coming out of the ground Music: whispering voices in the background, Music: whispering voices in the background,

deeper, not happydeeper, not happy Feelings: felt rebellious against nature, scared, Feelings: felt rebellious against nature, scared,

worriedworried

Let’s think back to Let’s think back to RomanticismRomanticism

A literary and artistic movement that A literary and artistic movement that placed an emphasis on placed an emphasis on imagination, imagination, emotion, nature, and individualityemotion, nature, and individuality

Elevated the imagination over reason Elevated the imagination over reason – and – intuition over fact– and – intuition over fact

Reveled in natureReveled in nature

DARK-ROMANTICISMDARK-ROMANTICISM

Opposite attributes of Romanticism Opposite attributes of Romanticism and tends to and tends to accent the grotesque, accent the grotesque, the gloomy, the morbid the the gloomy, the morbid the fantastic yet negative aspects of fantastic yet negative aspects of human experiencehuman experience

Acknowledged the evil of man Acknowledged the evil of man and the horror of eviland the horror of evil

Depravity of man and sinDepravity of man and sin

Dark Romantics Dark Romantics valued intuition valued intuition and emotion and emotion over logic and over logic and reason and saw reason and saw symbols, spiritual symbols, spiritual truths, and signs truths, and signs in nature andin nature and

Examined the psychological effects of guilt and sin, the conflict between good and evil, and people plagued with madness. They agreed that human nature is not necessarily good.

Gothic Style CharacteristicsGothic Style Characteristics

SettingSetting is in bleak or remote is in bleak or remote placesplaces

PlotPlot involves morbid or violent involves morbid or violent incidents incidents

CharactersCharacters are in psychological are in psychological and/or physical tormentand/or physical torment

A A supernaturalsupernatural or otherworldly or otherworldly elementelement is often present is often present

What is Gothic?

Today, the word gothic primarily describes a style of Erupean Architecture that uses pointed arches, spires, stain glass windows, etc

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A trendA trend

Gothic Literature

A literary style of fiction prevalent in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe which emphasized the grotesque, mysterious, and the desolate.

This style of fiction reflected the Gothic art and architecture from the Middle Ages and thus, dark, foreboding castles, Knights and ladies

strange supernatural occurrences were all prominent themes of the Gothic Novel

Who are the Dark Who are the Dark Romantics?Romantics?

Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe Wrote “The Raven” Wrote “The Raven” Widely accepted as Widely accepted as

the inventor of the the inventor of the detective storydetective story

Known as an Known as an eccentric writer – eccentric writer – his dark and dismal his dark and dismal life probably had life probably had something to do something to do with itwith it

Herman MelvilleHerman Melville Wrote Wrote Moby-DickMoby-Dick

which is widely which is widely regarded as one of regarded as one of the finest novels in all the finest novels in all of American Literatureof American Literature

Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne Believed evil was a Believed evil was a

dominant force in the worlddominant force in the world Wrote Wrote The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter

and “The Minister’s Black and “The Minister’s Black Veil” and “Dr. Heidegger’s Veil” and “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment.”Experiment.”