REVISITING THE ROOTS OF THE GOTHIC GENRE (1764-1820)
REVISITING THE ROOTS OF THE GOTHIC GENRE (1764-1820)
Author(s): Bratislav M. MiloševićSubject(s): Comparative Study of Literature, 18th Century, 19th Century, Theory of Literature
Published by: Filološki fakultet, Nikšić
Keywords: the Gothic novel; genre; castle; family; male/female; patriarchy; dark; horror/terror;
Summary/Abstract: Тhe paper gives an overview of the theoretical background of the Gothic genre: the definitions of the emerging genre and its reactionary/transgressive nature in relation to the Age of Reason and its neoclassical ideals. It is also focused on the most delineating features of the genre which have, by degrees, become the stereotypical Gothic features: the half-ruined castle, the tyrannical male, the distressed female in flight, the supernatural, horror/terror etc. The second part of the paper traces the genesis of the genre through the works of the most representative writers of the original, Anglo-Saxon Gothic (1764-1820) and dwells on the Gothic works of Horace Walpole, Clara Reeve, Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Gregory Lewis and Charles Maturin – the works which have served as a matrix, both structurally and thematically, for the generations of future Gothic writers till the present day.
Journal: Folia Linguistica et Litteraria
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 151-163
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English