Gothic Fiction - Seema C ‘Gothic’ refers to ornate
Description: Gothic Fiction - Seema C Gothic refers to ornate architecture of Western Europe in the Middle Ages In fiction, it refers to a style of writing of the 19th century that is characterized by elements of horror, suspense and death
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slide1. Gothic Fiction - Seema C<br>
slide2. ‘Gothic’ refers to ornate architecture of Western Europe in the Middle Ages
In fiction, it refers to a style of writing of the 19th century that is characterized by elements of horror, suspense and death interspersed with romantic elements<br>
slide3. The first Gothic fiction:
Horace Walpole’s
The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story (1764)<br>
slide4. Setting Castles, manors, huge abandoned medieval buildings, ruins
Dark, brooding, suspenseful
Atmosphere of mystery and terror with often a touch of the supernatural<br>
slide5. Characterization Hapless heroines in distress
Women threatened by a powerful and tyrannical male
Hero may have some dark tendencies. Eg.- Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
The villain is often a person who tempts the protagonist down a dark path
Emotional and often melodramatic<br>
slide6. Themes Deals with Good vs Evil that describes the spiritual and psychological challenges to the human soul
Curses or prophecies, omens, portents, visions
Retribution and redemption
Hints at existential nature of human existence<br>
slide7. Examples The History of the Caliph Vathek (1786) - William Beckford
The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794)- Ann Radcliffe
The Monk (1796)- Mathew Lewis
Frankenstein (1818) - Mary Shelley
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) - Victor Hugo
The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) - Edgar Allan Poe
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) - Robert Louis Stevenson
Dracula (1897)- Bram Stoker<br>
slide2. ‘Gothic’ refers to ornate architecture of Western Europe in the Middle Ages
In fiction, it refers to a style of writing of the 19th century that is characterized by elements of horror, suspense and death interspersed with romantic elements<br>
slide3. The first Gothic fiction:
Horace Walpole’s
The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story (1764)<br>
slide4. Setting Castles, manors, huge abandoned medieval buildings, ruins
Dark, brooding, suspenseful
Atmosphere of mystery and terror with often a touch of the supernatural<br>
slide5. Characterization Hapless heroines in distress
Women threatened by a powerful and tyrannical male
Hero may have some dark tendencies. Eg.- Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
The villain is often a person who tempts the protagonist down a dark path
Emotional and often melodramatic<br>
slide6. Themes Deals with Good vs Evil that describes the spiritual and psychological challenges to the human soul
Curses or prophecies, omens, portents, visions
Retribution and redemption
Hints at existential nature of human existence<br>
slide7. Examples The History of the Caliph Vathek (1786) - William Beckford
The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794)- Ann Radcliffe
The Monk (1796)- Mathew Lewis
Frankenstein (1818) - Mary Shelley
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) - Victor Hugo
The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) - Edgar Allan Poe
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) - Robert Louis Stevenson
Dracula (1897)- Bram Stoker<br>