1. GOTHIC LITERATURE PAULA BOANDA

2. GOTHIC LITERATURE Combines fiction, horror and romanticism Horace Walpole – The Castle of Otranto – 1763 Originated in second half of 18 th C Popular in 19 th C in Germany and England

3. HORACE WALPOLE Combine elements of medieval romance and strict realism Plot includes: Threatening mysteries Ancient curses Trappings Fainting heroines

4. CLARA REEVE Pioneer of the genre The English Baron – 1778 Balance between fantastic element of 18 th C and realism

5. ANN RADCLIFFE Technique of the explained supernatural Gothic villain  Byronic hero Made the Gothic novel being socially accepted

6. GOTHIC LITERATURE Two types of characteristics: Gothic elements Romantic elements

7. GOTHIC ELEMENTS Setting in a castle Atmosphere of mystery and suspense Supernatural creatures and events Women in distress and tyrannical men Metonymy of gloom and horror Vocabulary of gothic

8. ROMANTIC ELEMENTS Powerful love deciding the fate of the characters The uncertainty of correspondence in a relationship Unreturned love Tension between true love and fatherly control Lover being parted Illicit love Rival lovers or multiple suitors

9. GOTHIC LITERATURE TYPES: Continental Europe Gothic German Gothic Fiction Russian Empire Gothic Fiction The Romantics Victorian Period

10. VICTORIAN PERIOD G.W.N Reynolds Edgar Allan Poe Brontë sisters Elisabeth Gaskell Sheridan LeFanu

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