Literatura gotica en ingles

1. Gothic
literature
By: Álvaro Calvo y Ana Herrero

2. INDEX
• Where does it come from?
• What is gothic literature?
• Purpose of gothic literature
• Main characteristics
• Main authors
• Main books
• Main films
• Bibliography

3. WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
• The name comes from the Goths, a Germanic tribe who invaded the
Romans.
• In the 17th century the English called Barbarians Goths.
• In the 18th century, it was considered an alternate way of creating
beauty and art.
• Goth is a term that refers not only for literature it also represent art
and architecture
• Horace Walpole wrote the first Gothic nove; The Castle of Otranato in
the 1700’s.

4. WHAT IS GOTHIC LITERATURE?
• A type of literature that forces people to deal with the problems
of society.
• A story that deals with supernatural elements and themes that
are considered forbidden.
• The setting must happen on a frontier, whether it be societal or
physical , such as the mind , space , the old west , pastures of
england and the forest.

5. PURPOSE OF GOTHIC
LITERATURE
• To confront social problems and ideas normally
considered “taboo”. Especially in Victorian society.
• Usual there is a manifestation of social, politicial world
problems
Ways to solve them

6. MAIN CHARACTERISTIC
• The scenes are performed in dark places like
graveyards, churches and with decay.
• It uses pinturesque scenery and a atmosphere of
exoticism, mistery and dread
Debauchery Sex Death

7. MAIN AUTHORS
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Horace Walpole (1717-1797)

8. MAIN AUTHORS
Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823) Mary Shelley (1797-1851)

9. MAIN BOOKS
Frankenstein
Mary W.Shelley
Dracula
Bram Stoker
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson

10. MAIN FILMS
Dracula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1_CH1oU_
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg4NO2M0Z
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