VIDEO SESSION: INTRODUCTION TO GOTHIC LITERATURE 1- GOTHIC LITERATURE was created in the late ………………………… and …………………………..centuries. It is…. a) A literary genre b) A literary subgenre c) A fashion movement 2- Key elements of Gothic Literature are…. horror - romance –the supernatural - humour - setting- adventure 3- Gothic fiction derives from Romantic literature. Romanticism is a philosophical, artistic and literary movement, and its key elements were…. religion imagination reason nature science 4- Recurrent themes and motifs in gothic literature are… a) Castles (or modern day ……………………………………..……..) b) Secret …………………………………………….... c) Trap ………………………………………………….. d) Atmosphere of …………………………………………..and ……………………………………………… e) Fear of the ……………………………………………………………………… f) An ancient ………………………………………………………………………. g) Omens, portents and ……………………………………………………… h) Unexplainable events such as ……………………………………………., or inanimate ……………………………. i) High emotions, strong feelings such as ………………………………….., ………………………………………………and ………………………………………………. 6. Female gothic characters are usually women in ………………………….. There is also a ……………………………………, …………………………………….tyrannical male character. threathening distress powerful
