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The meaning of Gothic

The meaning of Gothic. By : Mac Stagg and David. Original meaning of Gothic. A group of European tribes from ancient history Originated from the Island of Gottland (Denmark) . Original meaning of Gothic.

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The meaning of Gothic

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  1. The meaning of Gothic By: Mac Stagg and David

  2. Original meaning of Gothic • A group of European tribes from ancient history • Originated from the Island of Gottland (Denmark)

  3. Original meaning of Gothic • Tribes grew numerous and powerful enough to sack sacked the great Roman Empire in 410 • They ruled Europe for 250 years before slowly fading into ancient history.

  4. Goths • a nomadic people • a reputation for ruthless violence • religious people; worship of pagan deities.

  5. Gothic over time • Gothic art, architecture and literature date back to the 12th –15th centuries • Gothic music today • relatively new development • the greatest impact on the development of gothic subculture.

  6. Modern “Goths” • subculture • based largely on a certain style of art, literature, and music.

  7. Modern “Goths” • affinity for the macabre • a longing for romance • appreciation of darker aesthetics

  8. Gothic • Gothic (goth-IK): a literary style popular during the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th.

  9. Gothic • This style usually portrayed fantastic tales dealing with horror, despair, the grotesque and other “dark” subjects.

  10. Gothic • Gothic literature was named for the apparent influence of the dark gothic architecture of the period on the genre. • Many Gothic tales took places in such “gothic” surroundings.

  11. Gothic • Darkness in everyday setting • the quaint house where the man goes mad from the "beating" of his guilt in Edgar Allan Poe's “The Tell-Tale Heart.” • In essence, these stories were romances, largely due to their love of the imaginary over the logical, and were told from many different points of view.

  12. Gothic • This literature gave birth to many other forms • such as suspense • ghost stories • horror, mystery • Poe's detective stories.

  13. Gothic • Gothic literature wasn't so different from other genres in form as it was in content and its focus on the "weird" aspects of life. • This movement began to slowly open many people's eyes to the possible uses of the supernatural in literature.

  14. Where it comes from!!! • Gothic fiction(Gothic horror) • combines elements of both horror and romance. • believed to have been invented by the English author Horace Walpole, • 1764 novel • The Castle of Otranto.

  15. Where it comes from!!! • Prominent features of Gothic fiction include terror (both psychological and physical), mystery, the supernatural, ghosts, haunted houses and Gothic architecture, castles, darkness, death, decay, doubles, madness, secrets, and hereditary curses.

  16. Influenced by • Further contributions to the Gothic genre were provided in the work of the Romantic poets. • Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Christabel • Keats'La Belle Dame sans Merci (1819) and Isabella,or the Pot of Basil (1820) • Influenced novels of premiere Gothicist Anne Radcliffe

  17. Summer 1816, Villa DiodatiLake Geneva Lord Byron Percy Bysshe Shelley Mary Shelley - Frankenstein (1818) - Science Fiction BUT no scientific explanation of the monster's animation and the focus instead on the moral issues and consequences of such a creation. John William PolidoriThe Vampyre (1819) - story revives Lamb's Byronic 'Lord Ruthven', but this time as a vampire. John William Polidori Percy Bysshe Shelley Mary Shelley, Lord Byron

  18. Citations……….. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_fiction#First_Gothic_romances 2.http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/general/glossary.htm 3. http://www.author-me.com/nonfiction/whatisgothic.htm 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goths

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