ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

GOTHIC LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Gothic litterature is often associated with ____:
A
reason
B
imagination
C
feelings
D
objectivity
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Often, Gothic writers use melodrama or “high emotion” to convey a thought. This exaggerated, impassioned language helps convey the panic and terror inherent in many characters. Themes of madness and emotional distress were seen in many of the 20th century Gothic novels that depicted the condition of psychosis.

Detailed explanation-2: -The adjective gothic describes something that is characterized by mystery, horror, and gloom-especially in literature. Gothic literature combines the genres of romance and horror. Some famous writers of Gothic fiction include Charlotte Bronte, Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gothic fiction is characterized by an environment of fear, the threat of supernatural events, and the intrusion of the past upon the present. Gothic fiction is distinguished from other forms of scary or supernatural stories, such as fairy tales, by the specific theme of the present being haunted by the past.

Detailed explanation-4: -An atmosphere of mystery and suspense. The work is pervaded by a threatening feeling, a. fear enhanced by the unknown. Often the plot itself is built around a mystery, such as unknown. parentage, a disappearance, or some other inexplicable event.

There is 1 question to complete.