Discuss the early and standard works of the Gothic genre 29165The Tenant of Windfell Ha... 11-17-2023, 06:17 PM byGothfairy203 Horror Gothics Gothic novels whose emphasis is on horror, the occult or the ghastly 15139Horror Writers as Film Ch... ...
5、ic fiction,sometimes referred to as Gothic horror): a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. As a genre, it is generally believed to have been invented by the English author Horace Walpole, with his 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto. He initiated a literary...
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American Gothic Novels refers to a genre of American literature that typically features elements of the Gothic genre, such as dark, mysterious, supernatural, or macabre themes, often exploring themes such as social morality, human nature, and faith. This genre of literature often uses elements of...
feared and valuedat any given time. The Gothic genre is especiallyresponsive to historical momentand cultural location.Patricia Murphyhas said that “a truism of critical commentary holds thatthe gothic emerges in literature during times of cultural anxiety.” (Zombiestories are another example of ...
I address current debates about the "genre turn" (Rosen) as well as the (re)turn of/to realism in contemporary literature, and I argue that a supplementary logic governs the introduction of the speculative or gothic within realism in Black Canadian works attentive to the occ...
sometimesreferredtoasGothichorror):agenreofliteraturethatcombineselementsofbothhorrorandromance.Asagenre,itisgenerallybelievedtohavebeeninventedbytheEnglishauthorHoraceWalpole,withhis1764novelTheCastleofOtranto.Heinitiatedaliterarygenrewhichwouldbecomeextremelypopularinthelater18thcenturyandearly19thcentury Gothi...
This study examines the aspects of this sub-genre of Literature in Walpole's The Castle of Otranto and Umeasiegbu's Ghost Stories. It identifies that the common factors in these novels under analysis are setting and atmosphere that are predominated by mystery. The study establishes the view ...
an old-run-down structure (like a castle), foreboding environments with the setting as a character, isolated characters, hidden secrets, Romanticism (IE: high emotions), troubled or innocent women, and sometimes even elements of the supernatural. The gothic romance film genre also typically has ...
Gothic literature is a genre that emerged as one of the eeriest forms of Dark Romanticism in the late 1700s, a literary genre that emerged as a part of the largerRomanticismmovement. Dark Romanticism is characterized by expressions of terror, gruesome narratives, supernatural elements, and dark,...