ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

GOTHIC LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of these is a Gothic text?
A
Twilight
B
Dracula
C
Frankenstein
D
all of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Some of the most famous Gothic novels in literature include Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gothic literature is a genre of writing that is characterised by its exploration of darker themes, with a particular penchant for Gothic architecture, the supernatural, religion, and the past.

Detailed explanation-3: -This genre is dark, eerie, and mysterious, often containing elements of terror, horror, and the macabre and the bizarre. Common themes and motifs of the Gothic include power, confinement, and isolation.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole (1764) Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818) The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe (1839) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (1847) The Strange Case of Dr. Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897) The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (1898) More items •04-Jun-2020

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