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An Introduction to the Gothic

An Introduction to the Gothic. Learning Objective: What does the Gothic mean to us and why? Learning Outcome: A personal montage that represents what we understand the Gothic to be on Day 1. Quick R ecap Quiz. What timescale does the Gothic belong to?

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An Introduction to the Gothic

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  1. An Introduction to the Gothic Learning Objective: What does the Gothic mean to us and why? Learning Outcome: A personal montage that represents what we understand the Gothic to be on Day 1.

  2. Quick Recap Quiz • What timescale does the Gothic belong to? • What three elements can we say characterise the Gothic? • When did Gothic fiction originate? • Gothic fiction was a branch off which other movement? • Where does the name of the Gothic genre come from? • This style of fiction places heavy emphasis on what in particular? • What is a common subplot of the Gothic genre?

  3. Key Terms for this course Core Gothic – those texts written in the late 18th to early 19th century which critics have conventionally recognised as the first wave of literary gothic. Gothic Features – this encompasses images, settings, characters etc that are regarded as typical or characteristic of the gothic. (Some critics also call these ‘tropes’.)

  4. The Gothic What elements of the Gothic have been identified so far? • A fondness for the symbols of _______ and ______ – literally and metaphorically • A significant use of the _________ • The creation of ________ as a narrative priority • A fascination with the influence of the _____ • A difference between _______ and ______ ______ which themselves often follow particular conventions • A blurring of ______ and _______, being awake and dreaming within the tales • A tendency for certain ___________ _______ to occur within the main character

  5. Gothic Concepts Read the boxes on the sheet. These detail concepts you are going to need to know inside out and use in our lessons! Keep these safe! You will be tested!

  6. In pairs, talk about any connections you notice between the textual fragments and the images.

  7. Gothic Creativity Drawing on everything you have looked at (the fragments and images, the dictionary definition, your internet research, the Gothic concepts and your own ideas) put together a Gothic montage. Annotate this with your ideas and the impressions you are building up of the Gothic as it might be applied to literature and art (for example, any common features) This must be a mixture of text and images. Date your montage so that you can see how your understanding changes and develops as you study the genre and your texts in more detail: ‘My Gothic: 15th June 2012’

  8. Every Friday B I will post a new discussion question on our website www.saltashliterature.wordpress.com Every student must post at least one comment in response to the question within 7 days.

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