The 13th Century
Gothic Literature has been around since the 13th century and was a huge part of literature then as it still is today. When gothic literature came about in was mainly focused on decay, death, and terror. Then later on in the eighteenth-nineteenth century it started to grow more into more of historical, sociological and psychological contexts.
Gothic Literature is able to be explained in many different ways using different elements such as: violence, death, monsters, ghosts, and psychological issues. All of those elements were seen in the four different stories that I read. The first piece of writing that I read is The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. The other writings that relate to my outside reading book are: "Don't ask Jack" by Neil Gaiman, "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, and partly "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, a fantasy novel, is an example of gothic literature. This novel takes place in a historical Victorian London in a circus that is open from sunset to sunrise. During the novel the illusionist changed her jacket into a raven which relates to my other story I read "The Raven". Another
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thing that I can relate this book to is the gothic literature element of darkness, knowing that the circus has a much darker purpose than entertaining and making money. "Don't Ask Jack" written by Neil Gaiman relates to my other stories by connecting to my other stories by using the same theme and word choice. This story also has a dark creepy theme to it, just as the other writings do too. This is mainly based upon a Jack in the box that lives in an attic. This Jack in the box was not any ordinary Jack but it was "buried beneath dolls, and trains, clowns, and paper" adding to the gothic theme (Gaiman 1). The jack would slowly come out and try to get the children around to come close and closer to him as possible. "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe relates to all of the other stories that have have been mentioned throughout this paper so far.
"The Black Cat" compares to all of these using the ongoing "black, darkness" theme. In this story the gothic there death is mainly seen a lot. The man in the story one night came home intoxicated and decided to cut his cat, Pluto's, eyeballs out. This man had some serious psychological issues, another gothic element, throughout the entire book. Lastly, another element seen in this writing was murder or death when he kills his wife and Pluto suddenly goes missing. Then soon after his wife was killed the police had shown up to the home to investigate, and when they reached the basement of the home they heard Pluto inside of the wall, where his wife had been put to
decay. All of these stories are similar in many different ways such as: tone, gothic elements and time periods. These writings all use similar wording and stay around in the same area of theme. These all use the same irony and imagery throughout. Even though some of these may not have been all in the same exact time period they were all somewhere around the 13th century when gothic literature came about and carry on the same themes and elements.
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When coming to the conclusion, it is interesting a range of opinions about whether or not Gothic Literature is losing his popularity or is still popular as ever. A range of opinions inform the judgment to be made about Gothic Literature. Overall, the responses gathered come up with the idea that Gothic Literature is losing its popularity, although, according to figure 2.2 this is supported by figures made in 2007 to 2008 which establishes that since then there have been more novels that have come out which either support the argument that gothic literature is popular or not.
The blending of terror and romance in Gothic Literature was used in a unique combination to attract and entice the reader into the story. The terror in the literature helps the reader explore their imagination and form their own picture setting of what is happening. Using romance in the story also keeps the reader's attention because of the unknown and the curiosity of what happens next. The Gothic writing became popular after the Romantic period because readers were still a...
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the elements of a gothic novel as it is not set in a remote place or a
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Gillian Flynn and Edgar Allen Poe apply gothic literature of psychological issues and violence throughout their gothic literature in, Sharp Objects, The Black Cat, and The Raven to illustrate a dreary storyline.
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