The Semiotics of the Gothic Country House in Jane Austen’s "Northanger Abbey"
The Semiotics of the Gothic Country House in Jane Austen’s "Northanger Abbey"

Author(s): Urszula Terentowicz-Fotyga
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Philology, History of Art, British Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Jane Austen; Northanger Abbey; gothic convention; novel of manners; dialogic form
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the semiotics of the gothic setting in Jane Austen’s "Northanger Abbey". It argues that the novel’s dialogic form juxtaposes contrasting genres and codes constructing a multi-layered and vibrant dialogue between the realistic and the fantastic modes of the novel.

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