Gothic novel

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Gothic Literature and
The 19th Century 

Literature Test

At the end of this period:
    - A literature test about all the background information, 
       the questions, and the assignments  
    

So read the background information, answer the questions in your reader, check your answers, and start studying in time. 

The Literature Reader

Each week: 
- A LessonUp in class: guessing, so (SE CIJFER)! me info & questions
- Background information in your reader
- Questions in your reader

+ A literature test at the end of the period

5. Take a guess: The first Gothic Novel (ghost story book) was written in what year?

1. 1509
2. 1623
3. 1764
4. 1834

some background

- Romantic Period = 1800-1830, interested in: 
             - everything from the past 
             - the non-rational & supernatural
             - scary and unexplainable things

- Before 1800 = Age of Reason, interested in: 
             - God & rational thinking is most important

After 

Gothic Novels

- The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story (1764)
- Characteristics of Gothic Novels: 
        1. Unrealistic setting
        2. Unexplainable, scary events
        3. Improbable, sensational plots
- Popular for only a few decades 

Video. 

Watch the video and take notes. 

Answer the questions on your answersheet. 

6. What was not an effect of the Industrial Revolution?

1. Increased Child Labour
2. New Middle Class: engineers, doctors
3. People lived longer
4. More people working on farms

7. What was the title of the first Gothic novel?

1. The Castle of Orlando
2. The Castle of Otranto
3. The Castle of Othello
4. The Castle of Orcano

8. The Gothic Novel was part of the Romantic period, which lasted from?

1. 1800-1830
2. 1820-1850
3. 1830-1860
4. 1850-1880

9. Before the Romantic Period came ...?

1. The Age of Treason
2. The Age of Raisin
3. The Age of Season
4. The Age of Reason

10. Which group was not a part of the new Middle Class?

1. Doctors
2. Soldiers
3. Engineers
4. Lawyers

Check the reader: 

- Read the introduction
- Check the assignments


- Read the background information
-Do the worksheet activity 1 and 2

The uncanny valley

Gothic Literature

Atmosphere:                              Gloomy and dark

Setting:                                         Isolated, ruined gothic buildings

Paranormal:                                Monsters and ghosts

Melodrama:                                Emotional outbursts

Omens (foreshadowing):     How more important than what

Damsel in distress:                 Female victim

Melodrama: Also called “high emotion,” melodrama is created through highly sentimental language and instances of overwrought emotion. The panic, terror, and other feelings characters experience is often expressed in a way that's overblown and exaggerated in order to make them seem out of control and at the mercy of the increasingly malevolent influences that surround them.

Omens: Typical of the genre, omens—or portents and visions—often foreshadow events to come. They can take many forms, such as dreams, spiritual visitations, or tarot card readings.

Virgin in distress: With the exception of a few novels, such as Sheridan Le Fanu’s "Carmilla" (1872), most Gothic villains are powerful males who prey on young, virginal women (think Dracula). This dynamic creates tension and appeals deeply to the reader's sense of pathos, particularly as these heroines typically tend to be orphaned, abandoned, or somehow severed from the world, without guardianship.

The sublime

the sublime

In Romantic art, nature—with its uncontrollable power, unpredictability, and potential for cataclysmic extremes—offered an alternative to the ordered world of Enlightenment thought. (...) violent and terrifying images of nature (...) As articulated by the British statesman Edmund Burke in1757 

 “all that stuns the soul, all that imprints a feeling of terror, leads to the sublime.”