PPT-American Gothic Unit Traditional and Southern

Gothic Literature styles Traditional Gothic Characteristics                                                                                                                                               . Traditional and Southern . Gothic Literature . styles. Traditional Gothic Characteristics:. .  .                                                                                                                                             . Everything That Rises Must Converge. Flannery O’Connor. Philosophy on Storytelling. “A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is.” . The 20. th. Century comeback of the Gothic Spirit. What are the three important . literary devices . used in Gothic Literature? . Who is the Gothic Literature Mascot?. List five characteristics of Gothic Literature.. : A BRIEF STUDY OF SOUTHERN GOTHIC LITERATURE. SARAH M. EMERY-HALL, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. Synopsis/Unit Theme: . During this three-week mini unit on Southern Gothic literature, AP English 12 students will examine the elements of the Southern Gothic (entrapment, the macabre, the sublime, etc.) through four short stories, brief film excerpts, and two full-length films—one British, and one American. The choices for the unit will allow students to see the breadth of time chronology encompassing the Southern Gothic period, as well as learn to appreciate offshoots of this element in modern literature and film.. American Literature. Background. Sub-genre of the Gothic Romance genre - unique to American literature. relies on supernatural, ironic, or unusual events to guide the plot. uses these to explore social . American Gothic Literature. Gothic literature began from the Gothic architecture of the Middle Ages.. Gothic architecture features:. Tall towers. Flying buttresses . Pointed archways. Vaulted ceilings. We will walk with our own feet. we will work with our own hands. we will speak our own minds. -Ralph Waldo Emerson. Political and Social Milestones. The Louisiana Purchase - 1803. The Gold Rush - 1849. ): moving from one subject to another without order; rambling. . Jejune (. adj. ): dull or lackluster; lacking substance; tedious. . The Life You Save May Be Your Own. Flannery O’ Connor . Take 2 minutes and write thoughts that come to mind when you hear the title. The Age of Reason or The Enlightenment. . Founded on. Deism. Logic. Inalienable rights. It also brought . Industrialization, growth of cities, and factories . American expansion (Lewis and Clark and Manifest Destiny) . A study of the works of . Edgar Allen Poe. Think, Pair, Share. When you hear the word Gothic, what comes to mind?. The Dark Side of Individualism. American Gothic. Gothic Literature . . The Beginnings…. EQ: How can I identify the different “flavors. ”?. Original: . British/. european. . gothic. Time/place . . . Castles, dungeons. romance.  . (unreturned love, rivals, possible love). threatening mystery. 1. Unit 1. 1. Which of . the following statements . BEST. . explains . the dramatic increase in . African Americans . in colonial America . between. . 1730 . and 1750?. A . The number of industrial . Unit of Gothic Horror and Excitement Unit of Study: The Greatness of Dracula and Gothic Victorian Novel WHY DRACULA? Dracula in popular culture Epistolary novel Strong use of literary devices called. . “. . ”. ). Though in many of its aspects this visible world seems formed in love, the invisible spheres were formed in fright.. ~_______ ________ (in . Moby Dick.