Gothic-horror Short Stories Presentation Short 3e3ea

Horror and Gothic genre Short stories; featuring Edgar Allan Poe

Historical Background ● Gothic literature Movement Origin: c. 1764 ● Focused on ruin, decay, death, terror, chaos ● Grew in response of historical, sociological, psychological and political context ● Horace Walpole - The Castle of Ontario (1764)

Historical Background ● Basic elements of the genre introduced by Horace Walpole ● Transformation and influence of the genre ● Inspired subgenres like supernatural, ghost, horror fiction and vampire stories

Classic Elements in the Gothic Genre ● The setting is usually in a creepy castle ● The atmosphere is mystery and suspense ● The metonymy of gloom and horror ● It possess supernatural and mystery events ● Women in distress

Classic Elements of the Horror Genre ● There is a struggle in a fight between good and evil ● The setting usually takes place where the victim might be vulnerable ● Involves the use of sound, point of views and visual effects to create the feeling of terror ● What is causing the damage is most likely to be a supernatural being, like vampires, monsters, etc

Stories and Authors Examples ● Emily Brontë o o o

English novelist and poet. Best ed for her solitary novel, "Wuthering Heights". This novel was so brilliant that is now considered as a classic of English Literature.

● Charles Brockden Brown o o

American novelist, historian, and editor. "Wieland" is the first- and most famous- American Gothic novel.

Stories and Authors Examples ● Ann Radcliffe o o o

English author and a pioneer of the Gothic novel. Her first novel was "The Castles of Athlin and Dumbayne". The Gothic elements is obvious through her use of the supernatural.

● William Beckford o o

Known as both the richest and most eccentric man of his time. His ion to Gothic Literature led him directly to his composition of "Vathek" in 1786.

Edgar Allan Poe - Short Bio American practitioner of the short story. Considered the inventor of detective fiction and contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. ● Married his 13 year old cousin when he was 26 years old ● His unknown death has been variously attributed to alcohol, drugs, suicide, and other agents

Edgar Allan Poe - Short Bio ● Despite all this, his work has a large influence on literature in the United States ● Poe's best known fiction works are Gothic ● Beyond horror, Poe also wrote satires, humor tales and hoaxes

Short Story: The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by: Edgar Allan Poe ● P. and Mesmerism ● Consent for experiment of the dying Ernst M. Valdemar ● Confirmation and witnesses ● Trance (Climax) ● Awakening

What a typical gothic film looks like