Essays about: "Gothic Fiction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Gothic Fiction.

1. 1. Herbarium Gothic : A Trauma Theory Approach to the Pulp of V.C. Andrews Flowers in the Attic

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Evangelina Nicole Dimovska; [2023]
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   Abstract : This thesis examines the literary representation and construction of mental illness in characters resulting from childhood trauma in the gothic pulp novel Flowers in the Attic (1979) by Cleo Virginia Andrews (1923-1986). Through a close reading of the novel, the analysis will emphasise the narration, interpersonal relationships, and constructed psyche primarily of the main character Cathy Dollanganger. READ MORE

3. 2. The Development of The Trope of Hauntings in Gothic Fiction : A Comparative Analysis of Wuthering Heights and The Haunting of Hill House

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Kristel Dosti; [2023]
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   Abstract : The research conducted in this paper will concern the development of the Gothic trope of hauntings in a comparative analysis of two gothic novels, Wuthering Heights (1847) by Emily Brontë and The Haunting of Hill House (1959) by Shirley Jackson. The analysis will focus on how hauntings of various forms are presented and what they represent in the two texts before and after the development of psychoanalytical studies, particularly Sigmund Freud’s conceptualization of “Das Unheimliche”. READ MORE

4. 3. The Coming of Age of a Woman : Proto-feminism and Female Bildung in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Therese Landh; [2018]
   Keywords : Bildungsroman; Enlightenment feminism; Jane Austen; Mary Wollstonecraft; Proto-feminism;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the influence of the proto-feminist ideas of the Enlightenment on Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, specifically their presence in the coming-of-age journey of the novel’s heroine Catherine Morland. In this thesis, the proto-feminist ideas of the Enlightenment discussed are based on the ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft as presented in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. READ MORE

5. 4. “I smiled – for what had I to fear?” A Study of Edgar Allan Poe’s Sublime.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Isabelle Sanne; [2015-02-10]
   Keywords : Gothic fiction; Edgar Allan Poe; sublime; uncanny;

   Abstract : Abstract: This essay explores the aesthetics of the sublime in Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories in order to clarify how Poe’s sublime is moving away from the Romantic conception of the sublime. Through Poe’s imaginative writing – his way of presenting impressive, yet disturbing, portraits of the human experience of horror – his work deals not only with aspects of the sublime but is also largely influenced by elements of the uncanny. READ MORE

6. 5. Evil and Innocence : Children in Ghost Stories by Elizabeth Gaskell, M. R. James, and Susan Hill

   University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation; Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Johan Eriksson; [2014]
   Keywords : Ghost story; horror; children; Elizabeth Gaskell; M. R. James; Susan Hill;

   Abstract : The essay analyses three works of supernatural horror fiction written by different authors over various periods of time. These three works are “The Old Nurse’s Story” by Elizabeth Gaskell, “Lost Hearts” by M. R. James and The Small Hand by Susan Hill. READ MORE