ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Gothic fiction as a genre was first established with the publication of Horace Walpole’s dark, foreboding The Castle of Otranto in 1764. In the centuries since, gothic fiction has not only flourished, but also branched off into many popular subgenres.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Romantic movement and the subgenre of the Gothic emerged as a response to the Enlightenment. Elements of the Gothic include foreign places, supernatural or unexplained forces, terrifying thoughts, irrational behavior, clashing of different time periods, and a world of uncertainty.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gothic architecture began in the earlier 12th century in northwest France and England and spread throughout Latin Europe in the 13th century; by 1300, a first “international style” of Gothic had developed, with common design features and formal language.