Gothic History - Richard Adelman 2.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English LiteratureFrankensteinUniversityNone Created by: emmythenotsogreat2014Created on: 20-05-14 19:13 'Gothic' was originally a racial term coined when Germans/Scandinavians brought down Roman empire 1 of 22 In Renaissance it became an art term, to mean: anything pre-Roman 2 of 22 Then referred to non-classical... architecture 3 of 22 Then the Medieval the barbaric, uncivilised 4 of 22 It is impossible and attractive and other because it cannot be imagined in modern, civilised society 5 of 22 First to use it as a literary term was... Lord Shaftsbury 6 of 22 The Essay on Man - Alexander Pope "the world is rational as long as we look at it in the right way" 7 of 22 The Gothic takes a 'nighttime' vision of things 8 of 22 The world is more troubling to those who aren't merely... white, gentry men 9 of 22 British spy fantasy = one man solving everything; salvaged losing empire 10 of 22 No consensus of ideology in the gothic genre ... 11 of 22 Frankenstein - ambivalence of Gothic genre novel is never sure of what its monster represents 12 of 22 Hubris in creating the monster self-known "How can I describe my emotions?" 13 of 22 The opposite to Popean daylight "my candle was nearly burned out" 14 of 22 It harnesses the energy of night ... 15 of 22 Frankenstein experiences nature in a social and moral way the monster is more human than Frankenstein 16 of 22 Frankenstein is more morally disfigured ... 17 of 22 Are Frankenstein and the monster kindred spirits? since they share similar faults 18 of 22 The monster is spontaneously generous 19 of 22 Franco Moretti There are two types of vodka 20 of 22 Property-master passive, zombie-like, losing humanity in capitalism (Dracula) 21 of 22 Enslaved/working not a full way of thinking about capitalism - both monsters problematic 22 of 22
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