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Phillips 1 From Poe to the Present A FourWeek Instructional Unit Plan designed by Amy Dyster Phillips ELAN 7408 Dr Smagorinsky University of Georgia Fall 2007 The Grotesque of the Gothic. Lysistrata. by Aristophanes. and. Commedia dell'arte. . The Comic. ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque. Lysistrata. by Aristophanes . The Comic. ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque. 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. . L.O. . To understand the Gothic theme of entrapment, and to consider how and why Shelley uses this convention in ‘Frankenstein’. . CONNECTOR. IN PAIRS.... 1. Using your own word cloud, generate your own definition of . 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.. HBO and the Television Grotesque. HBO Water Cooler Commercial. HBO and the Television Grotesque. Memorable Episodes. “Humbug” (2.20).. Mulder and Scully investigate a murder in a circus freak show wintering in Florida.. 1. Setting in a castle. . The action takes place in and around an old castle, sometimes seemingly abandoned, sometimes occupied. The castle often contains secret passages, trap doors, secret rooms, trick panels with hidden levers, dark or hidden staircases, and possibly ruined sections. . Nathanael West . (birth name: Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein) (1903-1940). American Writer. West as Drawn by David Levine. ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque. Anaïs Nin. (1903-1977). Romanticism. Dates 1800-1900 . (approximate). Characteristics:. 1. Nature as subject of art. 2. Transcendence . 3. Wild, irregular, grotesque. 4. Human rights & animal life. 5. Interest in the past. David Cronenberg (1943- ). Canadian Filmmaker. Cronenberg. Interview on the Grotesque Blog. David . Cronenberg. and the Cinema of the Extreme. ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque. 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 . 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. 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.