GOTHIC LIT. Leaflet Guide

DESCRIPTION

GOTHIC

OPENING

Create a mindmap of sorts, where you are able to plan out your writing, starting from the larger features and then moving onto the smaller details. REMEMBER: Description is a static analysis. When decribing a setting, try to imagine it as a picture.

Gothic features:

Narrative hooks are key to successful Gothic Literature. Plan out your narrative hook before you begin your writing.

-Terror

-Obscurity

-The Uncanny

-Otherness

-Supernatural

-Oppositions

To all....

SETTING

TENSION

ANTAGONIST

Gothic Writers

Using Pathetic Fallacy, imagery and sensory language are all excellent ways to ensure a good piece of Gothic work.

To enhance the tension in your writing, include:-Limited point of view -Setting and imagery -Fear of the unknown -Questions and mystery -Varied sentence lengths -Extended silence -Dramatic irony -Cliffhangers -Dark/depressing description e.g blood red flowers

Play into the evil and insane when creating your antagonist. Include the features of Gothic Literature when describing/referring to your antagonist/

Classic Gothic settings:-Crypts, graveyards etc. -Castles -Churches -Large, old buildings

By Coco Mtandabari 8bV