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CHARACTERISTICS
OF
GOTHIC
ROMANTIC LITERATURE
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CHARACTERISTICS OF GOTHIC
ROMANTIC LITERATURE
GOTHIC does NOT = HORROR
Mia Wasikowska in Crimson Peak
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ROMANTICISM IS THE BROAD
TERM FOR THE ERA…
BUT THERE
ARE SUB GENRES, AS WELL:
GOTHIC or DARK ROMANTICISM
Transcendentalism
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CHARACTERISTICS
OF GOTHIC
LITERATURE ARE AS
FOLLOWS…
(REMEMBER: FILM/CINEMA
IS ALSO CONSIDERED A
“TEXT!”)
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SETTING is the single most important
literary device
in Gothic Literature.
Examples include:
❑ Large castles or houses…haunted or not
GOTHIC SETTINGS
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❑ Wild, extreme landscapes,
such as rugged mountains,
thick forests, or icy wastes
❑ Extreme weather
SETTINGS (CONT’D)
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❑Secret passages
or hidden chambers,
dark corridors,
and winding staircases
SETTINGS (CONT’D)
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❑ Sinister,
ruined
buildings
SETTINGS (CONT’D)
❑ Spooky attic
or basement
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❑ Dungeons, cemeteries, crypts and catacombs.
SETTINGS (CONT’D)
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Passion-driven, willful villain
GOTHIC CHARACTERS
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Damsel in Distress - Curious heroine
with a tendency to faint and a need to be rescued–frequently
CHARACTERS (CONT’D)
Christina Ricci as Katrina Van Tassel in Sleepy Hollow
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Hero whose true identity is revealed by the end of
the text. Also, usually an unrequited love, an illicit
love affair or romance
CHARACTERS (CONT’D)
Ralph Fiennes as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights Brandon Lee as The Crow
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Omens and Ancestral Curses
GOTHIC ELEMENTS
Dan Stevens as the Beast in Beauty and the Beast
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Presence of Magic and the Supernatural
ELEMENTS (CONT’D)
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Presence of shadows or a single light
source (moonbeam, flashlight, etc.)
ELEMENTS (CONT’D)
Nicole Kidman in The Others
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Horrifying (or terrifying) events or the threat
of such happenings occurring
ELEMENTS (CONT’D)
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1-Extremes of Emotion
GOTHIC THEMES
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2-Journey of Self-Revelation
THEMES (CONT’D)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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3-Individual Against the Unknown
THEMES (CONT’D)
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4-Rebellion Against Authority
THEMES (CONT’D)
Mia Wasikowska in Jane Eyre
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5-Sympathy with the Outcast or Misfit
THEMES (CONT’D)
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DID YOU KNOW???
The gothic novel was invented
almost single-handedly by
Horace Walpole, whose The
Castle of Otranto (1764) contains
essentially all the elements that
constitute the genre. Walpole's
novel has influenced the novel,
the short story, poetry, and even
film making up to since, even into
present day.
GOTHIC
FACTOID #1
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DID YOU KNOW??? In a Gothic novel, story, or movie,
characters’ behavior is more motivated by
EXTERNAL CONDITIONS than by their own internal motivations
(For instance, the chick above wants to hide, but since
something is chasing her, run she must!)
GOTHIC
FACTOID #2
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DID YOU KNOW??? Another important note is that during the time when
the genre was being developed (1790s to 1840s), MOST GOTHIC
NOVELS WERE CONSIDERED TRASHY AND POORLY
WRITTEN by the literary establishment of the time, although they were
usually instant bestsellers and wildly popular with the common people.
GOTHIC FACTOID
#3
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DID YOU KNOW??? Gothic writers are very fond of “double,” and most
common form of doubling in literature is the doppelgänger, a German term
meaning "double-goer." A literary doppelgänger often takes the form of an
alternate identity of the main character. Sometimes this can be in the
physical form of a biological twin; sometimes writers create a demonic
character that functions as a representation of another character's dark side.
GOTHIC FACTOID
#4
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Stephen King novels
MODERN GOTHIC
LITERATURE
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Scooby Doo. ALL the Scooby Doo.
MODERN GOTHIC
LITERATURE
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Shutter Island
MODERN GOTHIC
LITERATURE
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M.J.’s Iconic Classic “Thriller”
MODERN GOTHIC
LITERATURE
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Rocky Horror Picture Show
MODERN GOTHIC
LITERATURE
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Snoopy
MODERN GOTHIC
LITERATURE
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Sleeping Beauty- Any Version
MODERN GOTHIC
LITERATURE
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Dracula- Any Version
MODERN GOTHIC
LITERATURE
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Frankenstein- Any Version
MODERN GOTHIC
LITERATURE