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GOTHIC STYLE IN ARTS AND LITERATURE

GOTHIC STYLE IN ARTS AND LITERATURE. The notion of “gothic” Birth of the gothic novel Symbols and archetypes of the gothic novel Development of the genre. CONTENTS. THE NOTION OF “GOTHIC”. Birth of the gothic novel. (1717-1797). The Castle of Otranto (1764). Gothic novel “must have”.

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GOTHIC STYLE IN ARTS AND LITERATURE

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  1. GOTHIC STYLE IN ARTS AND LITERATURE

  2. The notion of “gothic” Birth of the gothic novel Symbols and archetypes of the gothic novel Development of the genre CONTENTS

  3. THE NOTION OF “GOTHIC”

  4. Birth of the gothic novel (1717-1797)

  5. The Castle of Otranto (1764)

  6. Gothic novel “must have” • Terror, suspense, mystery • Breathtaking chapter endings • Supernatural (ghosts, magicians, werewolves, devils, monsters) • Medieval setting (castle, abbey, monastery, ruins) • Dark secrets and curses • Merciless vilain and virginal maiden

  7. Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823)

  8. Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) Emily Bronte (1818-1848) AnneBronte (1820-1849) Development of the genre

  9. Satire and parody

  10. Jane Austen “Northanger Abbey” (1818)

  11. Clara Reeve Matthew Gregory Lewis Mary Shelley Charles Maturin Sir Walter Scott G.W.M. Reynolds Edgar Allan Poe Elizabeth Gaskell Sheridan Le Fanu Bram Stoker Charles Dickens Robert Louis Stevenson Oscar Wilde Henry James Gaston Leroux Arthur Conan Doyle Joyce Carol Oates Daphne du Maurier In search of a gothic novel?

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