1
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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.
2
Q
Historical influence:
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- Romantic movement
- Industrial revolution
- Medieval folklore
- ‘common human’ –> shared experiences, emotion and characteristics of all people.
3
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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.
4
Q
‘the presence of the psychological terror, which threatens not only the character’s life but his sanity’
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Karina Moraes
5
Q
‘reaction against the rational discourse that market the literature and philosophy of the Age of Reason’.
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- Botting
