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Gothic Literature

Gothic Literature. continued. Review of Concepts. What is Gothic literature? Characteristics of Gothic literature Describe Dickinson’s life (from the short film and lecture) Explore the relationship between culture and literature at the time. Due Tonight: .

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Gothic Literature

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  1. Gothic Literature continued...

  2. Review of Concepts • What is Gothic literature? • Characteristics of Gothic literature • Describe Dickinson’s life (from the short film and lecture) • Explore the relationship between culture and literature at the time

  3. Due Tonight: • Question set #1, Poe (final call) • Film Questions/Guided Viewing Questions from last week (final call) • Question Set #2, Dickinson (after the review)

  4. Themes in Gothic Literature • Good and Evil • Victorian values as hypocritical (i.e., people "are not what they seem") • Social anxiety/change/fear of the unknown • The "overreaching" man/Prometheus • The "internal world"

  5. Dickinson Born in 1830 in rural Amherst, Massachusetts Spent her entire life in the household of her parents Chose her single, solitary life (spinsterhood) as the option for “freedom” Often produced a poem a day Began to dress only in white—a habit that added to her reputation as an eccentric

  6. Myth of “fragile innocence” Seclusion was not the result of a failed love affair, but rather a part of a more general pattern of renunciation She defined herself; wrote voraciously to many friends across the U.S. Died in 1886 (56 years old)

  7. Her Poetry Dashes and pauses Ellipses and the “unspoken” Ferocity of feeling “Quiet minds think the loudest thoughts.” Multiple readings: From sensual ecstasy to religious ecstasy

  8. Poems: Page 254, Because I could not stop for Death Page 250, I hear a Fly buzz—when I died- Handout, The Bustle in a House

  9. Ambrose Bierce(1842-1914?)

  10. His Life • Born in Ohio; 10th of 13 children • Grew up with a love of books • Was an exceptional soldier • Ironically, his stories were anti-war

  11. The Devil’s Dictionary Satire (he was not serious) Critical of culture and politics Humor

  12. Disappearance/Mystery 1913- Walked across the Texas/ Mexico to join PanchoVilla's revolutionaries Goodbye. (…to his niece)If you hear of my being stood up against a Mexican stone wall and shot to rags please know that I think that a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease, or falling down the cellar stairs. To be a gringo in Mexico – ah, that is euthanasia.

  13. The Bustle in a House (1108) The Bustle in a House The Morning after Death Is solemnest of industries Enacted upon Earth – The Sweeping up the Heart And putting Love away We shall not want to use again Until Eternity –

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