LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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Speculative fiction that imagines a world or society as corrupt.
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Fiction intended to terrify and disgust.
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Fiction that explores the uncanny, mystery and leaves readers feeling uneasy.
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Fiction jam-packed with superhero action.
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Detailed explanation-1: -“Gothic literature can be defined as writing that employs dark and picturesque scenery, startling and melodramatic narrative devices, and an overall atmosphere of exoticism, mystery, fear, and dread.
Detailed explanation-2: -In Gothic literature, the “uncanny” refers to the sense of something being familiar but which is revealed to be macabre or grotesque.
Detailed explanation-3: -Example: “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Gilman’s feminist parable centers upon something that is very familiar (wallpaper) which yet evokes strange feelings and hallucinations in the character. Many critics discuss Dickens’ ghost stories as prime specimens of unheimlich.
Detailed explanation-4: -Setting in a castle. An atmosphere of mystery and suspense. An ancient prophecy is connected with the castle or its inhabitants (either former or present). Omens, portents, visions. Supernatural or otherwise inexplicable events. High, even overwrought emotion. Women in distress. More items