LITERATURE QUESTIONS
THE GOTHIC NOVEL
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A psychoanalytic term that explains terror
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The supernatural
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“Unheimlich”
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A sense of uncomfortable strangeness
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Detailed explanation-1: -Examples of the Uncanny Examples of situations that can provoke an uncanny feeling include inanimate objects coming alive, thoughts appearing to have an effect in the real world, seeing your double (the doppelgänger effect), representations of death such as ghosts or spirits, and involuntary repetitions.
Detailed explanation-2: -strange or mysterious; difficult or impossible to explain: He has an uncanny ability to pick a winner.
Detailed explanation-3: -The uncanny is the psychological experience of something as not simply mysterious, but creepy, often in a strangely familiar way. It may describe incidents where a familiar thing or event is encountered in an unsettling, eerie, or taboo context.
Detailed explanation-4: -astonishing. astounding. eerie. exceptional. extraordinary. fantastic. incredible. magical. More items