the gothic, romanticism, enlightenment, the sublime Flashcards
where do gothic roots come from
romanticism
what are some gothic tropes
extreme states, unstable identity, the uncanny
explain the trop extreme states
dreams/nightmares, sickness, madness, extreme desire and longing
explain unstable identities
the unconscious, split ego (doppelgänger), the other you that you cant control, the past that haunts (trauma), the indeterminate other than unsettles us (the automaton, the doppelgänger, the not-human human
what is gothic literature indebted to
the new science of psychical research
ppl associated with the gothic
Horace Walpole, ann Radcliffe, henry fuseli
what are two exemplary gothic films
the woman in black, Laurin
when did the gothic start
mid 18th century in response to enlightenment, when there was an emergence of enthusiasm for the Middle Ages
some things to note about Horace Walpole
he wrote the first gothic novel, he had a house built in mock gothic style. silly!
what does the gothic involve
supernatural, antiquity, strange frightening old buildings
ann Radcliffe
she wrote lots of gothic novels, were read across europe. so much so there was stuff credited to her that she didnt even write
enlightenment vs. romanticism
enlightenment: reason/science, human nature, man over nature, forward looking. romanticism: passion/emotion/religion, nature, nature over man, backward looking
how is the gothic a romantic notion
it leans into romanticism’s anti-enlightenment sentiments, is indifferent to man who cannot understand it . gothic is romanticism at its most dark and dangerous
what did Caspar David Friedrich do
his paintings represented the purest visual embodiment of the romantic
what is the sublime
that which inspires awe, especially the power of nature. can overwhelm and destroy us. inexplicable in human language, suggest the nomenal
what did Edmund burke talk about
the sublime, at its darkest and as a gothic notion.
what did Henry fuseli paint
the nighmare (the mara experience)
are the uncanny’s origins gothic or romantic
yes
what is the sandman
a gothic story by eta Hoffman that freud analyzes in his essay
