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* Discuss the definition and specific traits of Gothic literature. * Examine specific themes typically found in Gothic works. * Discuss important works from this genre, which exemplify its themes and other traits. Discuss Mary Shelley and the society in which she lived. * Read and understand the Preface, letters, and chapters 1-12 of Frankenstein. * Connect the novel with your own personal experiences and/or reactions to its themes. * Determine which features of this novel make it fit the Gothic genre.
(Answer #1). Why is a difficult question, but in English literature at least, Gothicism came as an offshoot of Romanticism in the early 19th century before the commencement of the Victorian era. Authors like Ann Radcliffe and Horace Walpole began the trend with texts like Mysteries of Udolpho and The Castle of Otranto.M.G.Answer #2). Gothic literature, like romantic literature, was at least in part a reaction against neoclassicism. In fact, Gothic literature is a form of Romanticism. It was popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, just like Romanticism.