LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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The use of excessive gore; blood, body parts, guts.
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Both genres are exactly the same. They can be referred to either way.
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The supernatural ____ which goes beyond human explanation or understanding.
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The medieval and wild.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Horror tends to be more overt in its depiction of events and story elements. In a haunted house setting, we see our greatest fears realized in the form of supernatural monsters and murders. In a Gothic haunted house, we hear things that go bump in the night but that are revealed to have natural causes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gothic fiction is broader than “gothic horror, ” which is a subset of horror fiction. So, for example, The Scarlet Letter is considered gothic, but is definitely not gothic horror.
Detailed explanation-3: -The supernatural is a key defining element in the Gothic. Whether they invoke the supernatural directly or rely upon the imagination of the reader to provide it, Gothic writers use the supernatural to build suspense, and create special effects for the reader.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.