Gothic fiction

The Literary fiction genre of Gothic, including Crime and Horror, usually features a figure of Otherness as either the protagonists of antagonists of the story. The noun Otherness is used in this context to describe a being that is different from the norm. This could be a creature that is not human at all or an individual as representation of a minority group in the human society, in either race, class, sexuality or gender. These figure often have the function of discussing issues, such as homosexuality

Gothic literature is the literature of love and terror. This genre of fiction is considered the new literary movement. It has many characteristics that distinguish it amongst all available genres in the English literature. The most significant characteristic of both, old, and new Gothic literatures is the existence of the plot. One can argue that without the plot, Gothic literature would make no sense. Horace Walpole was the first Gothic writer who invented the Gothic story. His first novel, The

In my opinion this famous quotation explains how often the creative imagination and the Gothic genre are very often linked. For the novel to be affective within the gothic genre the readers imagination needs to become engaged and often intertwined with the characters conscious. The term Gothic fiction refers to a style of writing that usually includes characteristics of death, horror, and tragedy, as well as romantic elements such as nature, individuality, and very high emotion – but that leaves

Julie Fallows 6423747 Sean Moreland November 27, 2012 Ambiguity of American Gothic Anxieties Since the 19h century, American Gothic fiction started to exist independently from the British type. In fact, the latter was marked by its use of fantastic, externalized and metaphysical elements as opposed to the boundaries of American Gothic fiction in which were expressed by historical, internalized, racial and psychological characteristics. (Edwards, XVII) In Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, Fall

In today’s literature, there are many types of genres that people find fascinating, all the way from fantasy to non-fiction. A very interesting genre is Gothic Fiction, where many elements are used such as violence, ghosts, monsters, and many other dark and mystical elements that make up Gothic Fiction. There are coutnless great authors who are well known for their dark gothic style such as Edgar Poe, who has written short stories such as “Fall of the House of Usher,” “Black Cat,” or Horacio Quiroga

morbidly dark and eccentric characters combined with southern charm and the ever-present gender divide to tell stories that represent a writing style known as southern gothic literature. “Southern Gothic is a subgenre of Gothic fiction unique to American literature that takes place exclusively in the American South. Elements of a Gothic treatment of the South were apparent in the 19th century, ante- and post-bellum, in the grotesques of Henry Clay Lewis and the de-idealized visions of Mark Twain.[3]

The Southern Gothic is a subgenre of Gothic fiction. The Southern Gothic is best defined as a story filled with irony, characters who fit the grotesque factor, social issues, violence, southern settings, decay, outsiders, Civil War, and even slavery and race. Throughout Modern Southern Fiction, these factors which create the Southern Gothic can be found in almost every literary work. In the novel by Dorothy Allison titled Bastard Out of Carolina which was published in 1922, nearly every factor that

Gothic Fiction of Hawthorne and Poe When discussing gothic fiction many early authors come to mind, Mary Shelley, the Bronte Sisters, Bram Stoker, and Oscar Wilde, to name a few, were all exceptional European writers of this style. As for American authors, there are two names that hold top places of honor, Edgar Allan Poe, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Poe, with his talent for lyrical, poetic prose and conveying the macabre, is considered by many to be the master of gothic fiction. However, Hawthorne

Gothic Fiction: An Analysis of Space in The Monk. Space is inseparable part of every text of literature. In the Gothic fiction space is extremely important, as the Gothic fiction is mostly based on creating images connected with human perception. During the process of reading readers often use their imagination. Therefore, depiction of old castles, ruined abbeys, monasteries, subterranean passages, vaults, or secret panels, is a standard method of creating the atmosphere. As Izdebska claims,

Gothic fiction is a product of human curiosity, fascination and fear. This genre of literature represents human fears in a more symbolic and allegorical way, allowing readers to address their phobias in a safe frame. Gothic fiction is mistakenly associated with adult fiction due to the common belief that the gruesome events described in this mode of literature are inappropriate for children. Nevertheless, kids are the ones who have the biggest questions and fears. Gothic fiction, with its grotesque