Post-Gothic Flashcards

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Key traits

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  • Moves beyond haunted castles and supernatural.
  • Psychological horror, realism and modern anxieties.
  • Repression.
  • Good vs evil challenged.
  • Merges science fiction, psychological thriller and feminist Gothic.
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Historical influence:

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  • Romantic movement
  • Industrial revolution
  • Medieval folklore
  • ‘common human’ –> shared experiences, emotion and characteristics of all people.
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The Fall of the House of Usher:

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  • Poe 1839
  • Childhood friend meets Usher in his decaying mansion.
  • Sister buried alive –> becomes Reverend Madeline.
  • House cracks and collapses symbolising the end of the Usher family.
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‘the presence of the psychological terror, which threatens not only the character’s life but his sanity’

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Karina Moraes

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‘reaction against the rational discourse that market the literature and philosophy of the Age of Reason’.

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  • Botting
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