PPT-Exploring Gothic Literature

The Pit and the Pendulum Edgar Allen Poe Get your paper read to create a Note Cloud Write the words Gothic Literature in large letters Add these words using smaller letters Characters Setting. 1S In . Frankenstein. . ~ courtesy of San Dieguito Union High School District English Department. Romanticism. Definition. : . A movement of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that marked the reaction in literature, philosophy, art, religion, and politics to the formalism of the preceding (Neoclassic) period. . Definition. Gothic.  (. goth. -IK): a literary style . usually . portrayed fantastic tales dealing with horror, despair, the grotesque and other “dark” subjects. Gothic literature was named for the apparent influence of the dark gothic architecture of the period on the genre. Also, many of these Gothic tales took places in such “gothic” surroundings. . Genre & Gothic Romance. All works of literature can be classified into genres.. Genre - It . designates the literary form or type into which works are classified according to what they have in common, either in their formal structures or in their treatment of subject matter, or . By Myriam Miller . History of the term “Gothic”. The term Gothic can refer to many things:. Style of Art such as novels, paintings, architecture and even music and its fans. . The term “gothic” was used because of the art’s resemblance to the Goths and their way of life and their language.. Week 6. Definition. Gothic fiction (sometimes referred to as Gothic horror) is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. As a genre, it is generally believed to have been invented by the English author Horace Walpole, with his 1764 novel . 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.. . In . Frankenstein. Romanticism. Definition. :. . Romanticism is a complex artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution. In part, . 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. The Pit and the Pendulum. Edgar Allen Poe. Get your paper read to create a Note Cloud:. Write the words Gothic Literature in large letters.. Add these words using smaller letters:. Characters. Setting. You have 5 minutes to create a short . GOTHIC. story. Your story . must. use the following words:. Castle. Skull. Blood. Crow. Magic Book. Take 5 minutes to share your stories with the folks around you…. What is Gothic Literature?. Ruin, decay, death, terror and chaos. Dark side of nature. Irrational human behavior. Characteristics. Intricate plot. Stock characters. The “Double”. Subterranean labyrinths. Gothic Literature . styles. Traditional Gothic Characteristics:. .  .                                                                                                                                             . How did Gothic Literature originate?. The term ‘Gothic’ was first coined in 1764 by English author Horace Walpole in his novel, The Castle of Otranto, which he subtitled ‘A Gothic Story’. The novel was set in a haunted castle where the protagonist is plagued by supernatural occurrences. .