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Unseen Gothic Revision OCR A-Level
Who came up with The Uncanny?
Early Gothic - The Castle of Otranto
Unseen Gothic Revision OCR A-Level
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Early Gothic - The Castle of Otranto
Non-Typical Gothic
Darkness, spooky
Isolation, lost
1st Gothic Text
2
Who came up with The Uncanny?
Burke
Kristena
Freud
Colebridge
3
Which is not an Early Gothic text?
The Monk, Lewis, 1796
The Mysteries of Udolpho, Radcliffe, 1794
The Rime of The Ancient Mariner, Colebridge, 1798
The Castle of Otranto, Walpole, 1764
4
Which isn't a 20th Century British text?
The Lighthouse, Woolf, 1927
Rebecca, Maurier, 1938
A Rose for Miss Emily, Faulkner, 1930
The Woman In Black, Hill, 1983
5
Shelley, Bronte and Dickens were prominent themes in 19th Century Gothic
True
False
6
19th Century Gothic - Techniques
Female Independence, Societal Reflections, Urbanisation, Industrial Rev
Male dominate, Independence, Nature, Religion
7
Gothic Concepts - The Uncanny
Using the familiar to scare
Fin de Siecle
Loves tech as much as Ghosts
Southern Gothic
8
Limited 3rd Person, filters through the consciousness of one central character.
True
False
9
Who wrote The Mystery of Edwin Drood and in what year?
Dickens, 1870
Collins, 1870
Bronte, 1860
Poe, 1860
10
Fin de Siecle = turn of the century
True
False
11
Romantic Gothic - Techniques
Society, Explained away, Torment and pain, Urbanisation
The Pastarol, Individualism, Love of Nature, Emotion over Logic, Utopian
12
Imperial Gothic set in British Empire
True
False
13
Themes of Romantic Gothic are: Madness, Death + Passion
True
False
14
Introduction to The Gothic - Key Features
Isolated Settings
Religion
Shakespeare Influences
Illness
15
The Gothic changes with the times?
False
True
16
Gothic Concepts - Chinese Box Structure
Follows One Narrative
Complex Structure
Simple Structure
Embedded Narrative
17
Early Gothic - Schauerroman, German horror Gothic writer, children's tales
False
True
18
Which isn't a feature of Edgar Allan Poe's writing?
Detective Stories
Short story
3rd Person Narrative
Fear and suspense
19
Romantic Gothic - Frankenstein
'Frankenstein': A Modern Prometheus
Explores conflict between science and technology and religion
Themes of acceptance of the different
Bridging text, new form of Gothic
20
What was not influential on 19th Century Gothic?
Industrialisation
French Revoltuion and American Independence War
Queen Victorian Death
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
21
Gothic Concepts - The Sublime
Pathetic Fallacy
Nature is intimidating
Embellishing 'horror' response
Beauty vs Sublime
22
Was The Gothic aimed at men?
False
True
23
Modernism is influenced by WW1
True
False
24
Gothic Concepts - The Abject
All Gothic
Neither 'self' nor 'other'
Fine line between monsters and men
Fin de Siecle
25
Introduction to The Gothic - Key Features
Royalty
Body Parts
Caves
Supernatural
26
Who came up with Willing Suspension of Disbelief?
Kristena
Freud
Burke
Colebridge
27
British Gothic - Features of Modernism
Foreign Settings
Multiple View Points
Stream of Consciousness
Irony + Satire
28
Is Hamlet an example of a Tragic Hero?
False
True
29
Early Gothic - Timeline
1700-1800
1725-1825
1775-1875
1750-1850
30
Did Poe write The Tell Tale Heart, 1843?
True
False
31
Early Gothic - The Mysteries of Udolpho
Heavy supernatural elements
Maintains suspense, does not explain anything
Instigator of Female Gothic
Creator of horror
32
19th Century Gothic - Penny Dreadful's
Long extended narratives detailing happy events, juxtaposing The Gothic
Short gory stories not 'real' literature
33
Which is a Fin de Siecle Gothic Text?
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde, 1890
To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee, 1960
The Black Cat, Poe, 1845
Wuthering Heights, Bronte, 1847
34
Gothic Concepts - Found Object
A heterodiegetic narrator
All Gothic
Presented as real piece of history
Early Gothic
35
When was Frankenstein written, by who and in what Gothic time?
1820, Radcliffe, 19th Century
1828, Bronte, Romantic
1808, Shelley, Early Gothic
1818, Shelley, Romantic
36
Early Gothic - The Monk
Created 'terror'
At 1st had favourable responses
More explicit than implicit
Lack of violence/ gor
37
Fin de Siecle Gothic - Timeline
1880-1940
1860-1910
1850-1925
1800-2000
38
Introduction to The Gothic - Key Features
Pathetic Fallacy
Familair vs Unfamilair
Flaws Within Society
Satire
39
Southern Gothic - Context
Less Sensational
Grant Wood Painting - 'American Gothic'
North looks down on South
Supernatural
40
British Gothic - Later C20th Context
2nd Wave Feminism
Thatcher Government
Homosexuality, Abortion Act, Matrimonial Clause
WW1
41
Which is not a key principle of Southern Gothic?
Landscape
Vivid Characters
Authenticity
The Future
42
Who came up with The Abject?
Burke
Colebridge
Freud
Kristena
43
Traits of a Conventional Hero?
Lazy
Doomed by Gods
Brave, Strong, Knowledgeable
Scared but becomes brave
44
Romantic Gothic - Two Key Poets
Shelley
Byron
Keats
Rossetti
45
Who came up with The Sublime?
Kristena
Freud
Colebridge
Burke
46
Southern American Gothic - Timeline
1850-1900
1800-2000
1900-2000
1800-1950
47
Why do we read The Gothic?
Catharsis, Entertainment through fear, Societal Views
Education, Humour, Entertainment
48
Romantic Gothic - Timeline
1775-1825
1700-1750
1800-1850
1750-1800
49
Traits of a Promethean Hero?
Conforms within society
Villain-Hero
Frankenstein is an example
Does only bad
50
What are traits of a Tragic Hero?
Machiavellian
Malcontent
Hamartia, Hubris, Peripeteia
Selfish, Decisive, Poor
51
Which is a Byronic Hero?
Dracula
Prince Charming
Tintin
Batman
52
Southern Gothic - Fred Botting identified the move away from Romantic Gothic
False
True
53
Heroes + Heroines - Victorian
Female protagonists, who are independent and intelligent
Women become more emasculated
Men become feminine
Male dominated, strong and smart
54
What did Wells write in 1897?
The Invisible Man
The Turn of The Screw
Dracula
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
55
Gothic Concepts - Epistolary Form, presented as written communications; diaries, letters etc.
False
True
56
Anti-Hero - not role models
True
False
57
Romantic Gothic - Ancient Mariner
Intellect over visceral
Expressing concerns over nature not industrialisation
Wordsworth 'spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling'
The Sublime and medieval fascination
58
Which author wrote Good Country People in 1955?
Faulkner
O'Connor
Stoker
McCarthy
59
Which isn't a a major theme of Southern Gothic?
Love
Sexuality/ Gender
Social Issues
Irony and Hypocrisy
60
British Gothic - Features of Post-Modernism
Intertextuality
Vivid Characters
Irony + Pastiche
Metafiction
61
Early Gothic - Techniques
Muder, Supernatural, Wealth, Sacrafice, Tyrannical Male, Death, Castles
Modern fantasy, Villages, Humour, Fantastical
62
Are Byronic Heroes: Moody, Introspective, Jaded, Distance to Tradition, Self-Destructive?
False
True
63
Gothic Concepts - Willing Suspension of Disbelief
Supernatural
Reader suspends any questions or doubts
Setting text in another country
Ignores 'found object' concept
64
Is King Arthur an example of a Byronic Hero?
False
True
65
Early Gothic - Vathek
Disguise
'One thousand and one nights'
Man-kind only, no supernatural elements
Orientalism
66
Gothic Concepts - 3rd Person Narrative
Most Traditional Form
Least Traditional Form
67
Heroes + Heroines - Walpole + Radcliffe
Strong Hero
Chivalrous Heroes, harkening back to medievalism
Selfish Hero
Futuristic hero
68
19th Century Gothic - Timeline
1800-1900
1900-2000
69
20th Century Gothic - Timeline
2000-Ongoing
1900-2000
70
Fin de Siecle - Techniques
The Uncanny/ The Abject
Changing appearances of villains
Doubles/ Dopplegangers
Found Object
71
An example of an Anti-Hero
Mad-Hatter
Romeo
King Kong
Jack Sparrow
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Gothic Concepts - The Supernatural
Early Gothic
Increases Religious Uncertainity
Victorian Gothic
Decreases Religious Uncertainity
