Gothic Unseen Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
Q
Early Gothic (18th and 19th century)
A
- unfamiliar locations e.g castles, religious buildings
- supernatural
- dark settings
- romance
- emotional extremes
- female victims
- anti-hero
- visions/nightmares
- madness
- gloomy weather
- prophecies/curses
Common plots: imprisonment, vengeful prosecution, murder
2
Q
Gothic texts which use 1st person narration
A
Dracula
3
Q
20th century Gothic
A
- human fears
- curiosity for mystery
- forbidden love
- uncanny
- displacement
4
Q
Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
A
isolated setting reflects mental state of a character
5
Q
Imperial Gothic (late 19th century)
A
- gloomy, forbidding atmosphere
- brutal, tyrannical men
- spectacular forms of violence or punishment
- presence of occult/supernatural
