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THE GOTHIC (CHARACTERS (isolated or alone characters, beasts/monsters/demo…
THE GOTHIC
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ACTIONS
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events which inspire terrors and delights, horrors with pleasure
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ORIGINS and EVOLUTION
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XIXth century - still popular but characters + setting evolved + subculture = Introduction of mad scientists, psychopaths, criminals, the monstrous double + modern city with gothic buildings or architecture, dark labyrinthine streets, psychopathic hospitals...
XXth century - still popular with different foms (science fiction/magic realism...) + film adaptations
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MOOD and ATMOSPHERE
stormy weather/blowing, howling wind
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DEFINITION
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refers to horror, terror, the fantastic,nightmarish, magical...