What is Gothic Literature? | A Brief Introduction to the Genre — Transcript

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1. 0:00Dracula The Walking Dead Frankenstein
2. 0:03The Picture of Dorian Gray Corps bride
3. 0:05The Strange Case of Dr Jackal and Mr
4. 0:08Hyde Sweeney Todd the woman in black a
5. 0:11wide range of entertainment that
6. 0:12includes books TV series and films and
7. 0:16they're all part of the same genre one
8. 0:18that is characterized by Darkness fear
9. 0:21mystery and the supernatural hey guys
10. 0:24welcome back to the channel if you're
11. 0:25new here my name is Mr Watson and I'm a
12. 0:27secondary school English teacher and
13. 0:29tutor on this channel I share with you
14. 0:31guidance advice tips and tricks to help
15. 0:33you take your English skills to the next
16. 0:36level in this video we're going to be
17. 0:37looking a Gothic literature specifically
18. 0:40the key features and telltale signs of a
19. 0:43text that belongs to this genre so let's
20. 0:45start by looking at where the phrase
21. 0:47Gothic literature actually comes from
22. 0:49well the name refers to the Gothic
23. 0:51architecture of the European Middle Ages
24. 0:54Gothic architecture is characterized by
25. 0:56long pointed arches flying exterior
26. 0:59fortresses long stained glass windows
27. 1:02ribbed vaults and spires this type of
28. 1:05architecture and building design became
29. 1:07characteristics of the settings that
30. 1:09were used quite commonly in the early
31. 1:12Gothic novels which is where the term
32. 1:14Gothic literature originated from so now
33. 1:16that we know where the name Gothic
34. 1:17literature actually comes from let's
35. 1:19take a look at some of the elements and
36. 1:21characteristics that are often used in
37. 1:24stories that belong to this genre
38. 1:26stories that are in the gothic
39. 1:28literature genre often incl include the
40. 1:30following evil settings places that
41. 1:33Inspire fear and darkness Evil Within
42. 1:36humans anything that involves people
43. 1:38wanting to cause harm to others for
44. 1:40instance lies and deceit violence curses
45. 1:44poisoning Etc these stories also tend to
46. 1:46relate to fasca which means anything to
47. 1:49do with the end of a century
48. 1:51particularly the 19th century which was
49. 1:54the 1800s they tend to deal with change
50. 1:57so this could refer to a change in
51. 1:58personality a change in physical
52. 2:00appearance a change in attitudes or a
53. 2:03change in setting something that's quite
54. 2:05well known about Gothic text is that
55. 2:07they often explore fear so anything
56. 2:09that's considered gruesome ghastly
57. 2:12morbid or dangerous along with fear they
58. 2:14also tend to explore tension so anything
59. 2:17that builds up suspense and stories
60. 2:19belonging to the gothic genre can also
61. 2:21fit into the category of weird fiction
62. 2:24which basically contains stories that
63. 2:25are out of the ordinary unusual and
64. 2:27strange so now let's have a look at some
65. 2:29of the key tropes of Gothic literature
66. 2:31and we're going to look specifically at
67. 2:33four of these tropes setting character
68. 2:35plot and the supernatural Gothic stories
69. 2:39often take place in Bleak or abandoned
70. 2:41places such as forests castles and
71. 2:44cemeteries Etc the characters in these
72. 2:46stories often experience physical
73. 2:48torment for example pain spasms or
74. 2:51paralysis or they experience
75. 2:53psychological torment such as anxiety
76. 2:56depression or guilt and in some of these
77. 2:58stories the characters experence
78. 2:59experient both psychological and
79. 3:02physical torment sucks to be them the
80. 3:04plot of Gothic stories often includes
81. 3:07fear violent and the maab which means
82. 3:10anything gruesome and related to death
83. 3:12and the supernatural refers to things
84. 3:14and creatures that are considered
85. 3:16otherworldly such as vampires ghosts
86. 3:19Zombies and werewolves okay so now I'm
87. 3:21just going to give you some examples of
88. 3:23some Gothic literature from the
89. 3:25different eras you probably will have
90. 3:26heard of some of these and you might
91. 3:28even be studying one or two of them or
92. 3:29you might just have an interes in gothic
93. 3:31fiction and be interested in reading
94. 3:32more about it so some of the earliest
95. 3:34Gothic literature includes the castle of
96. 3:36at tranto by horis Walpole The Raven by
97. 3:39Edgar alen Poe and Frankenstein by Mary
98. 3:42Shelly later Gothic literature includes
99. 3:45the Strange Case of Dr Jackal and Mr
100. 3:47Hyde by Robert Lewis Stevenson The
101. 3:50Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar wild and
102. 3:53Dracula by Bram Stoker and a couple of
103. 3:55texts that came more in the Victorian
104. 3:57era when Gothic literature wasn't
105. 3:59necessarily as popular as it had been
106. 4:01include Tales of The Uncanny and
107. 4:04Supernatural by alganon Blackwood and
108. 4:07the call of cthulu by HP Lovecraft and
109. 4:10some examples of some Modern stories
110. 4:12that have been influenced by Gothic
111. 4:14literature of the past includes The
112. 4:16Woman in Black by Susan Hill The Shining
113. 4:18by Steven King beloved by Tony Morrison
114. 4:21and lynen Hills by Gloria Naya so there
115. 4:24we go a quick and easy introduction to
116. 4:27gothic fiction so hopefully now you'll
117. 4:28be able to spot the key features and
118. 4:30common tropes of stories belonging to
119. 4:33the gothic genre now if you're a student
120. 4:35that wants to strive for the highest
121. 4:36amount of marks possible in your
122. 4:38assessments and exams then you need to
123. 4:40start thinking like a grade n student
124. 4:43when you're analyzing the text something
125. 4:46that I talk about in this video here so
126. 4:48if that sounds like you why AR you going
127. 4:50and check this video out now if you've
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