LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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the theme of the double
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paranormal phenomena
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the fantastic
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the psychology of the characters
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Detailed explanation-1: -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. The Gothic is characterized by its darkly picturesque scenery and its eerie stories of the macabre.
Detailed explanation-2: -This genre is dark, eerie, and mysterious, often containing elements of terror, horror, and the macabre and the bizarre. Common themes and motifs of the Gothic include power, confinement, and isolation.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to M.H. Abrams’ (1988, p. 75) definition, the gothic “develops a. brooding atmosphere of gloom and terror, represents events which are uncanny or. macabre or melodramatically violent, and often deals with aberrant psychological.