Gothic Unit Intro
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Gothic
HistoryThe term “Gothic” originally referred
to the Goths, a Germanic tribe which helped bring down Rome.
Later, the term was used in to indicate “Germanic” or “Medieval,” especially in art and architecture.
Gothic Architecture
“Gothic” in Literature
A genre of literature that became wildly popular in the mid to late 1800s.
Called “Gothic” because it was often associated with things “wild, bloody, and barbarous of long ago.”
Including…
Desolate LandscapesAncient or Ruined Buildings
The Supernatural Monsters
Beautiful Women in Distress
Dashing Heroes
Evil Aristocrats
Essentially, it’s Romantic.
(With “villainy, murder, and the supernatural.”)
Some Familiar Gothic Works:
FrankensteinBy Mary Wollstoncraft Shelly
DraculaBy Bram Stoker
The Works of Edger Allen Poe
Southern GothicUses supernatural or unusual events to…
…explore social issues
…establish a cultural climate
William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor, Tennessee Williams
Southern Gothic
Incorporates Gothic characters…
…more modern and realistic
…”The Grotesque”
References“Gothic”http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_H.html#horror_story_anchorhttp://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/general/glossary.htm#g
“Southern Gothic”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Gothic