ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

GOTHIC LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Gothic American Literature fits under what larger literary movement?
A
Realism
B
Dark Magic
C
Enlightenment
D
Romanticism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Gothic literature is a genre that emerged as one of the eeriest forms of Dark Romanticism in the late 1700s, a literary genre that emerged as a part of the larger Romanticism movement.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gothic writing is closely related to romantic: both are the product of a profound reaction against everyday reality and conventional religious explanations of existence. But while romantic writing is the product of faith in an ultimate order, Gothic writing is a gloomy exploration of the limitations of man.

Detailed explanation-3: -As theorist, poet, and master of the short story form, Edgar Allan Poe made the Gothic into a central part of American literary romanticism.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is Gothic literature? Emerging in Europe in the 18th century, Gothic literature grew out of the Romantic literary movement. It’s a genre that places strong emphasis on intense emotion, pairing terror with pleasure, death with romance.

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