Male And Female Gothic Flashcards
1
Q
Features of the male gothic
A
- break into a secret space
- sexual
- taboo
- violent and supernatural
- lack of rationality
2
Q
Features of the female gothic
A
- metaphor behind the violence
- silence of women
- attempts to break from patriarchy
- ration explaining supernatural events
- women trapped in male interiors
- desire to escape
3
Q
Who came up with the term ‘female gothic’
A
Ellen Moers 1976
4
Q
What did Ellen Moers define the female gothic to be
A
Women’s fear of entrapment within the domestic
5
Q
Mary Wallstonecraft
A
1798 book (find name) Desire for horror and terror but it is the position of women that is more terrifying
6
Q
How did Radcliffe define madness
A
Insanity caused by extreme situations in which they (females) are placed
