Gothic

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GOTHIC NOVEL

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The concept “Gothic” was first used during the Renaissance to describe something “barbaric”. It mainly made reference to a certain kind of architecture that had: pointed arches, high towers and big windows. The artists of the late 18th cenury and early 19th century revalued this settings and incorporated them to their work. For his activity, you'll have to: 1) Answer some questions about the Gothic 2) Do the tasks and gather 3 articles 3) Find the secret message

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Which novel is considered the first Gothic Novel?

The Fall of the House Usher

The Castle or Otranto

The Monk

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How was NATURE represented in this kind of fiction?

Just the background of the story

A something supernatural

Untamed by men

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Which one is not a reason why the gothic writers chose the settings?

To remove the readers from their reality

To present foreign and exotic places

To set the atmosphere

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Which concept refers to the feeling of tension that allows to feel suspense during the reading?

Terror

Horror

Disgust

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01

Which element doesn't belong to the Gothic Character?

Excessive emotions

Good and Evil

Religious mindset

Guilt Haunted

02

What does the UNCANNY produce?

Sadness and melancholy

Attraction and repulsion

Excitment and joy

Laughter

03

What key aspects belong to the concept of Sublimity?

Religious peace

Understanding of the universe

Curiosity

Sense of smallness

04

How is death depicted in Gothic Fiction?

A mystery

The complete ending

A part of life

Event to be mourned

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Remember this notes and then click on the piano to keep playing...

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...Sigue tocando

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...Una más

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Empieza de nuevo...

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Use the lupe to look for the code. Click on the typewriter and write down the code.

224

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In what element Gothic and Romanticism doesn't share?

01

Emphasis on the interior of men

Explorations of the limits of men

Admiration of Nature

Why the Gothic fiction uses supernatural criatures in their narratives?

02

Make the reader believe they were real

Show what cannot be represented

They were popular

"The Vampyre" by Polidori served as inspiration for...

03

Frankenstein

Nosferatu

Dracula

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