LITERATURE QUESTIONS
THE GOTHIC NOVEL
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Of or relating to anything Medieval
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Of or relating to anything rude, uncivilized, or ignorant; devoid of culture and taste
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Of or relating to the Germanic tribes that invaded and established kingdoms in Europe in the first millennium
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Of or relating to a particular style of architecture
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Detailed explanation-1: -Gothic originally meant “having to do with the Goths or their language, ” but its meaning eventually came to encompass all the qualities associated with Germanic culture, especially the Germanic culture dominant during the medieval period after the fall of Rome.
Detailed explanation-2: -When Did Goth Culture Start? Goth subculture dates back to the United Kingdom in the early 1980s when it was connected to a specific genre of music. That genre of music evolved from punk rock and includes gothic rock, death rock, and cold wave.
Detailed explanation-3: -Horace Walpole first applied the word ‘Gothic’ to a novel in the subtitle – ‘A Gothic Story’ – of The Castle of Otranto, published in 1764. When he used the word it meant something like ‘barbarous’, as well as ‘deriving from the Middle Ages’.
Detailed explanation-4: -The term “Germanic” originated in classical times when groups of tribes living in Lower, Upper, and Greater Germania were referred to using this label by Roman scribes. These tribes generally lived to the north and east of the Gauls.