LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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literature that explores grotesque characters and eerie, violent occurrences in dreary settings
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literature that explores the appreciation of the individual over society as a whole
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literature that emphasizes science, reason, and order over emotion, religion, and spirituality
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literature that focuses on the natural world as a force that controls human fate and destiny
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Detailed explanation-1: -The statement “literature that explores grotesque characters and eerie, violent occurrences in dreary settings” best describes gothic literature.
Detailed explanation-2: -Emerging in Europe in the 18th century, Gothic literature grew out of the Romantic literary movement. It’s a genre that places strong emphasis on intense emotion, pairing terror with pleasure, death with romance. The Gothic is characterized by its darkly picturesque scenery and its eerie stories of the macabre.
Detailed explanation-3: -Common themes and motifs of the Gothic include power, confinement, and isolation. The genre has led to the rise of pulp magazines in the early twentieth century, the modern horror genre, and most famously, the Southern Gothic–fiction that contains elements of the gothic, taking place in the American South.
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