Glendale Community College Gothic Elements in Music Essay Compile a playlist of 4-5 songs that you believe fit into the Gothic horror tradition or set a Go

Glendale Community College Gothic Elements in Music Essay Compile a playlist of 4-5 songs that you believe fit into the Gothic horror tradition or set a Gothic mood. This could be contemporary songs, classical music, etc. Then, write a short essay (500 words) examining and explaining how the songs respond to specific elements of the Gothic tradition, and to what effect. You’ll want to quote directly from your creative piece or from any song lyrics you find that are relevant. (If none of the songs have lyrics, you don’t have to quote anything). If you do use quotations in the written portion of the assignment, please use MLA format to do so. GOTHIC LITERATURE
DEMYSTIFIED G
A guide to defining elements and
examples of the genre
WHAT IS
GOTHIC LITERATURE?
A genre of writing that emerged in the 18th century
characterized by fearful fictional elements, death,
and romance.
NOTABLE
AUTHORS AND WORKS
Horace Walpole
The Castle of Otranto, 1764
Ann Radcliffe
The Mysteries of Udolpho,
1794
Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre, 1847
Mary Shelley
Frankenstein, 1818
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Strange Case of Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1886
Edgar Allen Poe
“The Fall of the House
of Usher”, 1886
Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian
Gray, 1890
Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights, 1847
Bram Stoker
Dracula, 1897
10 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
TO INCLUDE IN YOUR GOTHIC NOVEL
3.
1 Mystery and Fear
NOTABLE WORK
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, 1818
Shelley includes graveyards, gloomy
castles, and a frightening monster
to emphasize the fear factor.
66 … Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil as I
dabbed among the unhallowed damps of the grave or
tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay?”
FRANKENSTEIN
2 Unnerving Atmosphere
NOTABLE WORK
Horace Walpole, The Castle of
Otranto, 1764
Walpole sets his novel in an old
castle with a mysterious past and
secret underground passages.
66 Sir, whoever you are, take pity on a wretched
princess standing on the brink of destruction:
assist me to escape from this fatal castle, or in few
moments I may be made miserable for ever.
THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO
3 Supernatural and
Paranormal Activity
NOTABLE WORK
Bram Stoker, Dracula, 1897
C
Stoker uses vampires and werewolves,
eerie shadows, and howling winds to
create a fear of the unexplainable.
66 I want you to believe..to believe in things
that you cannot.
DRACULA
4 Omens and Curses
NOTABLE WORK
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House
of Seven Gables, 1851
Hawthorne creates a chill by cursing a
family whose ancestor stole land from
a man he had hanged.
66 Shall we never, never get rid of this Past?
It lies upon the Present.
THE HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES
5 Nightmares
NOTABLE WORK
Stephen King, Bag of Bones, 1998
King incorporates nightmares to depict
daunting visions of death including that
of his character’s wife.
66 The dream didn’t fade as dreams usually
do upon waking
BAG OF BONES
Emotional Distress
NOTABLE WORK
Charlotte Perkins Gilman,
The Yellow Wallpaper, 1892
Gilman uses a series of highly emotional
diary entries written by a woman
suffering postpartum depression.
66 I’m sure I never used to be so sensitive. I think
it is due to this nervous condition.
THE YELLOW WALLPAPER
7 Villain
NOTABLE WORK
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1847
Brontë’s character Edward Rochester
starts with a brutish manner, but is
driven to immoral behavior.
66 I had determined and was convinced that
I could and ought. It was not my original
intention to deceive, as I have deceived you.
JANE EYRE
8 Anti-hero
NOTABLE WORK
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of
Dorian Gray, 1890
Wilde creates a radiantly handsome
gentleman who quickly transcends into
an anti-hero through immoral pursuits.
66 Behind every exquisite thing that
existed, there was something tragic.
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
I Romance
NOTABLE WORK
Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, 1847
Brontë’s characters Catherine and
Heathcliff’s romance grows before
being sabotaged by their families.
66 I have not broken your heart – you have broken
it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine.
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
10 Damsel in Distress
NOTABLE WORK
Gregory Lewis, The Monk, 1796
Lewis creates a vulnerable, virginal
character, Antonia, who is both desired
and degraded.
66 You are mine, and Heaven itself cannot
rescue you from my power.
THE MONK
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