ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Horror is a genre of literature, film, and television that is meant to scare, startle, shock, and even repulse audiences. The key focus of a horror novel, horror film, or horror TV show is to elicit a sense of dread in the reader through frightening images, themes, and situations.

Detailed explanation-2: -WHAT IS HORROR? The word “horror” comes from a Latin verb meaning “to bristle” or “to shudder.” Horror writing makes the reader’s hair stand on end due to fear, disgust, or dread. Typical elements of a horror story include serial killers, otherworldly figures, and graphic violence, though these are not required!

Detailed explanation-3: -According to the acclaimed author, there are three levels of horror: The Gross-Out, Horror, and Terror. It is these elements that allow the genre to be diversely shocking and hypnotizing in not only literature but in cinema as well.

Detailed explanation-4: -THE PROTAGONIST He/she is the only surviving character because they act like a normal person would in a typical horror movie and NOT go investigate that one creepy noise the antagonist probably made by accident because he/she must have been cramping up from hiding for hours.