PPT-The Australian Gothic:

Reading Sonya Hartnetts Surrender dr Natalie Konyu ACL2009 Australian Literature Lecture Overview Gothic Fiction Australian Gothic Fiction Cold Snap Cate Kennedy Surrender Sonya Hartnett. Week 11. Gothic . architecture is a style of architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture.. Traditional and Southern . Gothic Literature . styles. Traditional Gothic Characteristics:. .  .                                                                                                                                             . 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.. A genre of spooky stories. The Gothic Movement. A reaction to Enlightenment rationalism, which was concerned with classical principles and scientific progress. . Gothic novels drew upon the conventions of the medieval (chivalric) romances that told of knights battling with magic and monsters. . 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.. 1835-1880. Nineteenth-Century Revivals. In mid-century, a dramatic shift away from styles from antiquity; Style related to tumultuous times.. Emergence of “Picturesque”: Creating or composing a picture of an idyllic, natural lifestyle; A direct contrast to the formality, symmetry, and rigidity of the Roman, Greek, and Georgian styles.. A short introduction to the genre. Origins. Gothic novel reaction . against Augustan ideals (many . feature fights between fathers and sons). Some . elements found in earlier ballads (. the supernatural. Now, using the images on the following slides, refine your ideas.. Henry Fuseli, . The Nightmare. (1781). Gothic characteristics. Arrange the cards so that you have a quotation from at least one text that matches the key Gothic characteristic.. Frankenstein. . The Gothic Novel. Frankenstein. is by no means the first Gothic novel. Instead, this novel is a compilation of Romantic and Gothic elements combined into a singular work with an unforgettable story. . 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. Key. Words. Codes and conventions. Gothic. Gothic Features. Using your homework, . think. about the different features of gothic genre . Discuss the features of gothic genre in . pairs. Share. your features with the class. The Gothic flourished between the first half of the twelfth and the fifteenth century. From the construction of cathedrals in France until late manifestations of international Gothic, it was extended to the whole of Western Europe represents the last major phase of medieval European unity. The word Gothic was applied to the art of this period to designate the artistic events that occurred after the end of ancient art and a means of barbaric. Definition:. Dark romanticism which focuses on perceived darkness in the human soul and the embrace of sin and evil in the society.. Origin. Began during social upheaval in England. Idealistic views of economic and political conditions contradicted realistic state of economy and politics.