Gothic Fiction and Elements of Fiction

Question 1

Where did Romanticism surge?

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Europe, in reaction to neoclassicism

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What did neoclassical writers admired and imitated?

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classical forms and valued reason over emotion

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What did Romantic writers look for?

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looked for nature for inspiration and celebrated emotions and the imagination

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What did american writers aim to capture?

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the energy and character of their growing country. they saw the limits of reason and instead celebrated the glories of the individual spirit, the emotions, and the imagination as basic elements of human nature

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What inspired the romantics more than the fear of God?

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the splendors of nature

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What was called the new wave of romantics?

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brooding romantics or anti-trascendentalists

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What was the philosophy of the new wave of romantics?

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they had a complex philosophy, filled with dark currents and a deep awareness of the human capacity for evil.

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What were Poe’s stories characterized by?

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a probing of the inner life of their characters, and examination of the complex and often mysterious forces that motivate human behavior

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The Byronic or Gothic Hero

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• haunted by some secret or sin
• dark, handsome, cynical, self- destructing, educated
• isolated from society or in exile of some kind
• rebelled against societal forms

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One of the first authors to use phychological horror

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Edgar Allan Poe

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Distinctive themes of Edgar Allan Poe

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madness, untimely death, loss, and obsession

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Literary Works of Edgar Allan Poe

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• The Tell-Tale Heart
• The Masque of the Red Death
• Anabelle Lee
• The Raven

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Genre

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• one of the types or categories into which literary works are divided
• fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama

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fiction

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• tells an invented or imaginary story
• novel, short story, novella

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novel

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long work of fiction. It has an involved plot, many characters,
and numerous settings.

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short story

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brief works of fiction. A short story is carefully crafted to
develop a plot, characters, setting, mood, and theme, all within relatively few pages

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novella

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a short novel or a long short story.

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plot

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the series of events related
to a central conflict, or struggle.

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plot elements

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• exposition
• rising action
• climax
• falling action
• resolution

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exposition

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introduction.
provides necessary background information, often about characters, setting, or conflict.

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rising action

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the conflict is developed and intensified.

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climax

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crisis. It is the high point of interest or suspense in a literary work.

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falling action

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Tensions ease as the conflict begins to be
resolved.

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resolution

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the point at which the central conflict is ended or resolved.

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characters

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individual that takes part in the action of a literary work. A character is usually a person but also may be a personified plant, animal, object, or imaginary creature

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main character

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protagonist

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minor characters

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play lesser roles but help support the plot

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flat characters

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show only one quality

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round character

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shows multiple character traits

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static character

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does not change during the course of the action

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dynamic character

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changes throughout the story

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antagonist

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character or force in opposition or in conflict

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characterization

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the act of creating or describing a character. Writers create characters by using three techniques: - showing what characters say, do, or think - showing what characters say or think about them - describing what physical features, dress, and personality the characters display.

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two tupes of characterization

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direct and indirect

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direct characterization

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the writer tells what the character is like.

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indirect characterization

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the writer shows what a character is like and allows the reader to judge the character.

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setting

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time and place in which a literary work occurs, together with all the details used to create a sense of a particular time and place.

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conflict

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also known as crisis, is the struggle between two forces in a literary work.

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internal conflict

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the main character struggles against some elements within himself or herself - character vs. self

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external conflict

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the main character struggles against an external source - character vs. character - character vs. nature - character vs. society - character vs. technology - character vs. supernatural

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point of view

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Vantage point, or perspective, from which a story is told; who is telling the story. - first peron pov - second person pov - third person pov

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first-person pov

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the story is told from someone who participates in or witnesses the action of the story. This narrator uses the pronouns I, we, me, us, my, mine, myself, ourselves.

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second-person pov

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the narrator directly addresses the reader; it breaks the fourth wall to address the reader. Uses the pronouns you, your, yours, yourself, yourselves.

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third-person pov

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the narrator stands outside of the action of the story and observes. This narrator uses the pronouns he, she, it, they, them, their, themself, themselves.

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limited point of view

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the narrator only sees into the mind of one character; the thoughts of a single character are revealed.

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omiscient point of view

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the narrator sees into the mind of all characters; the thoughts of all the characters are revealed.

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narrator

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character or speaker who tells a story.

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reliable narrator

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narrator that can be trusted; they provide accurate information about the plot, characters, and events (objective narrator)

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unreliable narrator

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narrator who cannot be trusted; he or she can mislead readers, either deliberately or unwillingly because the story comes from his or her perspective. (subjective narrator)

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theme

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central message or perception about life revealed through a literary work.

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stated theme

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theme that is presented directly

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implied theme

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theme that must be inferred

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universal theme

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message about life that can be understood by people of most cultures.

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foreshadowing

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technique of hinting at events that will occur later in the story.

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flashback

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interrupts the chronological sequence or flow of a literary work and presents an event that occurred earlier.

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mood

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also known as atmosphere, is the emotion created in the reader by part or all of a literary work.

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imagery

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descriptive words and phrases that recreate sensory experiences for the reader.

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irony

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difference between appearance and reality.

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verbal irony

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it happens when a writer or character says one thing but means another.

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situational irony

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it happens when an event occurs that violates the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience.

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symbol

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anything that stands for or represent both itself or something else.

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conventional symbol

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one with traditional, widely recognized associations