ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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: -Gothic literature is a genre of literature that combines dark elements, spooky settings, conflicted and disturbed characters into a whimsically horrific, often romantic, story. It’s the darkest portion of Dark Romanticism, emerging soon after the Romantic literary era.

Detailed explanation-3: -The battle between humanity and unnatural forces of evil (sometimes man-made, sometimes supernatural) within an oppressive, inescapable, and bleak landscape is considered to be the true trademark of a gothic horror novel. These are the core elements that separate gothic horror from its cousin, gothic romance.

Detailed explanation-4: -American Gothic literature, as a subgenre of Gothic literature, usually includes common themes of that style-grotesque or monstrous characters, secrets and deception, and alienation.