Gothic & Fictional Horror Background for Frankenstein

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Gothic & Fictional Horror Background for Frankenstein Lecture Notes

Fictional Horror Fiction = untrue / horror stories Purpose for the audience: Scare / horrify / create an unsettling mood, tone, and setting Often overlaps with science fiction and/or fantasy (ex. Frankenstein – a classic horror science fiction novel) Modern horror stories found their roots in classic gothic horror stories / novels

Gothic Horror Developed during the 19th and 20th century Popular to the new middle class people who sought entertainment Exotic and mythical influences Combines elements of horror and romance

Characteristics of Gothic Horror – now seen in modern horror Suspense Fear Often includes a rational, scientifically minded character that fails to heed warnings Night / unreassuringly lack of light Play a big part in adding to the “hellish” imagery Setting – used to build tension Ex.) Dracula is set in an old, dark, and remote castle

Gothic / Fictional Horror Features Terror (both psychological and physical) Mystery Supernatural / ghosts Haunting / haunted houses Gothic architecture (ex. gargoyles) Castles Death Madness

Gothic / Fictional Horror Characters Tyrants Villains Bandits Maniacs Magicians Vampires Werewolves Monsters Demons Ghosts

Some Classic Horror Authors Edgar Allen Poe – short story author “The Cask of Amontillado” “The Masque of the Red Death” “The Raven” Mary Shelley - Frankenstein Bram Stoker - Dracula

Frankenstein Author – Mary Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1797 – 1851 Her father was the political philosopher (William Godwin) , and her mother was the philosopher and feminist (Mary Wollstonecraft). Her mother died when she was 11 days old; therefore, she was raised by her father. Father remarried and provided his daughter with a rich, informal education, encouraging her to adhere to his liberal political theories. In 1814, she began a relationship with Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of her father’s political followers, and a Romantic poet and philosopher. She helped by editing and promoting his works. They married in 1816, after much traveling, death of their first child (prematurely born), and suicide of Percy’s first wife. Their next two children died before Shelley gave birth to her last and only surviving child, Percy Florence. In 1822, her husband drowned when his sailing boat sank during a storm.

Frankenstein She came up with the idea for Frankenstein during the year 1816 while spending the summer in Geneva, Switzerland. She started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley's name appears on the second edition, published in France in 1823. The actual storyline was taken from a dream. Shelley was talking with three writer-colleagues, and they decided they would have a competition to see who could write the best horror story. After thinking for weeks about what her possible storyline could be, Shelley dreamt about a scientist who created life and was horrified by what he had made. Then, Frankenstein was written. Frankenstein is infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement and is also considered to be one of the earliest examples of science fiction.