gothic lit unit 1

term “gothic” origin

germanic tribes that attacked rome and the rest of europe in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th century

gothic is characterized by—-

terror, mystery, and darkness

origin of gothic lit/novels

• 18th century

• relfected anxieties in europe

• same time as french revolution

gothic elements

• fragmentation

• sublime

• found footage trope

• supernatural

• uncanny

• gore

• death

• tyrannical

• fear

elements of sublime

• sound/suddenness

• magnificence

• infinity

• vastness

• light

• power

• obscurity

• succession and uniformity

fragmentation

• diary entries

• unreliable narrator

• stream of consciousness

early novels

• frankenstein

• dracula

• castle of otranto (first gothic novel)

• dr jeckyll and mr hyde

• wuthering heights

• northanger abbey

where did the sublime come from?

burke —- sublime and beauty