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Gothic Literature & Romanticism. What is GOTHIC?. What associations do you have with the word gothic ? If you could make gothic something concrete, what would it: Sound like? Look like? Feel like?. What makes literature GOTHIC?.
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What is GOTHIC? • What associations do you have with the word gothic? If you could make gothic something concrete, what would it: • Sound like? • Look like? • Feel like?
What makes literature GOTHIC? • Gothic fiction is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance, hence why it is categorized in the Romantic Period.
Gothic Elements • Not all are necessary for a piece to be gothic, just a good combination of a few. • a castle, ruined or intact, haunted or not • ruined buildings which are sinister or which arouse a pleasing melancholy • dungeons, underground passages, crypts, and catacombs which, in modern houses, become spooky basements or attics • labyrinths, dark corridors, and winding stairs • shadows, a beam of moonlight in the blackness, a flickering candle, or the only source of light failing (a candle blown out or an electric failure)
extreme landscapes, like rugged mountains, thick forests, or icy wastes, and extreme weather • omens and ancestral curses • magic, supernatural manifestations, or the suggestion of the supernatural • a passion-driven, willful villain-hero or villain • a curious heroine with a tendency to faint and a need to be rescued–frequently • a hero whose true identity is revealed by the end of the novel • horrifying (or terrifying) events or the threat of such happenings
Examples of Gothic Works • Horace Walople—The Castle of Otranto • regarded as the first true gothic romance • Nathaniel Hawthorne—The House of Seven Gables • Herman Melville—Moby-Dick • EdithWharton—Ethan Frome
What is ROMANTICISM? • What associations do you have with the word romantic? If you could make romantic something concrete, what would it: • Sound like? • Look like? • Feel like?
What makes literature ROMANTIC? • This literature stresses strong emotion such as trepidation, horror, and awe.
Romanticism Values • Literature reflects the values of society at that time. • Emotion over reason • Belief in the supernatural • Supremacy of nature over man • Individualism • Nationalism: Customs and Folklore • High regard for imagination
What is Romanticism? • Romanticism is a mid 17th Century movement that began in Europe as a response to the revolutions of the time. The Romantic period lasted until the early 19th Century influencing hundreds of artists, writers and philosophers. • Romantics sought freedom in individual thought and feeling as opposed to the waves of reason that were characteristic of the Period of Enlightenment.
Examples of Romantic Works • William Wordsworth • Lyrical Ballads(with Coleridge) • Samuel Taylor Coleridge • Mary Shelley • Frankenstein • John Keats • “Ode to a Nightingale” • Washington Irvin • Rip Van Winkle
Romanticism: In Art • Some of the characteristics found in Romantic art include: • The power of nature • Depiction of women and children • Critique of the past
Romanticism: Famous Artists J.M.W. Turner 1775-1851 The Fighting Temeraire… (right) John William Waterhouse 1849-1917 The Lady of Shallot (left)