General Flashcards
Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner
Symbolist movement
opera
1865
Influences Villiers
The Apparition by Gustave Moreau
Symbolist movement
biblical character Salome demanding the head of John the baptist
Los Caprichos #43 “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters” by Goya
Figure hunched over desk being attacked by flying creatures, mostly owls which are associated with vampires
Theme of dream representing reality
Motto for 19th century fantastic
What does it mean to gaslight someone?
To insist something is true when it is not until the person believes they are insane
Gaslight film- vera
In the film her husband dims the lights from another room in order to make her question her own sanity
Symbolist movement
other world lies beyond world of appearances
correspondence between words and their sounds and their meaning
communication between humain and devine realms in art
combat the prosaic and common sense forms of representation that dominate bourgeois society
Religion: should be intense and mystical experience
Infuence of poe on villiers
Use of short story Important of spirit and spirtitual Irony Fascination with horror and suffering more suggesting and less explaining
Why does vera come back to rodger, according to the narrator?
Vera and rodger do not beleive death can separate people
Where in the novel is the double meaning the moral of the wild asses skin made explicit?
On the skin itself
In the epilogue
In Rastigs speech about suicide
Which of the plausible causes of the uncanny is not mentioned by jhench?
Consumption of drugs or alcohol
Guy de maupassent
realist Transcribing events as they appear socialite , many misstresses, great success Considered a Naturalist Died from mental illness due to syphilis
Which gothic elements can be found in the Horla?
Taste for german culture and philosophy
Vivid descriptions of natural oddities
Characters are solitary
The edifice
What is the structure of the Horla?
journal
What is important in the use of journal entries?
Allows us to have a closer relationship to the narrator
Closer to action to n emotions
N may change way we perceive story
N may change over time, unstable character (idea everyday you are a different person, different emotions, etc) can be both rationalist and mystic
*Allows for more uncertainty, even to identity of character
Mesmer- animal magnetism
Everybody has a magnet, some more strong and can take control of other people
Way to get around spiritualism, bodily function
Looking for rational explanation how some people are naturally charismatic
*from rational science to mystical spirit junk
1840’s: becomes accepted medical practice
Fantastic becomes uncanny through..
Madness, dream, or coincidence
