Concetti Chiave
- The Gothic novel emerged in Great Britain during the late 18th century as a reaction to Enlightenment rationality and industrialization.
- Characterized by themes of mystery, darkness, and horror, Gothic novels critique social problems and depict a fallen, materialistic world.
- The sublime in Gothic literature is linked to obscurity, magnificence, horror, and power, enhancing the emotional impact on readers.
- Settings like ancient castles and monasteries, often at night, contribute to the atmosphere of fear and oppression in Gothic novels.
- Gothic plots typically involve a hero/heroine victim, a villain, and a rescuer, following a familiar narrative structure.
Gothic Novel:
Origini del romanzo gotico
Gothic remind us to the idea of something of wild,barbarian,instinctive,rough..
Gothic novels born in G. Britain in the second half of the 18th century (from about 1760 to 1820) and reflected the social contest characterized by disillusionment with the Enlightenment and rationality. G.Novel was addressed to all state of society,was the product of social inequity , a reaction against industrialization. Was a critique against social problems, description of fallen and materialistic world.
Gothic novel were characterized by the taste for the strange and mysterious, darkness and horror.
The concept of SUBLIME linked to something of obscure,magnificent,to the idea of power,horror and loudness influenced the Gothic novel.
Ambientazione e atmosfera
The setting (place and time) invokes the atmosphere of Horror and fear. Tipical setting place are: isolated and ancient castle, mysterious abbey, convents, secrets rooms, trap door .. also supernatural setting,that increase the emotion of fears,terror and pity in characters and readers.
The most important situations take place at night because darkness is a powerful element used to create an atmosphere of mystery ,oppression and gloom.
Struttura e trama tipica
Gothic novels are based on topic situation, cliché . the plot follow always the same scheme:
-there is always a protagonist (hero/heroine victim),
-there is always a villains who conspire against him/her,
-there is always an hero who saves the protagonist.
The first Gothic novel was the Castle of Otranto by Horace Wapole.
→the popularity of it was destined to continued in time finding imitators in many countries and periods even taking up different trends. The aspect of the fantastic and supernatural ,the sense of mystery, the challenge of the unknown and anguish enjoy vast popularity and found an ideal background in romantic writers who tried to react to the cold age of reason.
Domande da interrogazione
- Quali sono le origini del romanzo gotico?
- Quali sono le caratteristiche tipiche dell'ambientazione nei romanzi gotici?
- Qual è la struttura tipica di un romanzo gotico?
Il romanzo gotico nasce in Gran Bretagna nella seconda metà del XVIII secolo, riflettendo il disincanto verso l'Illuminismo e la razionalità, e rappresenta una critica ai problemi sociali e all'industrializzazione.
L'ambientazione tipica include castelli isolati e antichi, abbazie misteriose, conventi e stanze segrete, spesso con elementi soprannaturali che aumentano l'emozione di paura e terrore.
La trama di un romanzo gotico segue uno schema ricorrente con un protagonista vittima, un antagonista che cospira contro di lui/lei, e un eroe che salva il protagonista.
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