Gothic Literature
Gothic Literature emerged in this century
18th
This Germanic tribe inspired the word “Gothic.”
The Goths
Name one characteristic of Gothic Architecture/buildings
Pointed Arches, Ribbed Vaults, Flying Buttresses, Large Stained Glass Windows, Verticality and Light, Ornate Decoration, Tracery
This author wrote "The Black Cat"
Edgar Allan Poe
This author is infamous for using an unreliable narrator and is known for tales of mystery and horror.
Edgar Allan Poe
The Goths split into these two groups: one settled west, one east
Visigoths and Ostrogoths?
Many viewed this architecture as ugly and..
Barbaric
This is the name of the cat from "The Black Cat"
Pluto
This is the author of Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
The Goths were often viewed this way by the Romans.
Barbaric
Pointed arches usually indicate this
Heavenward aspiration
This is the author who wrote "The Man Who Loved Flowers"
Stephen King
Gothic Literature combines these two elements.
Horror and Romance
The Goths originated in what is now this country
Southern Sweden
Typically describes a European style which flourished from these centuries.
12th-16th
This is where the narrator of "The Black Cat" is as he is telling this story
A prison cell
Written in 1765 by Horace Walpole, this was the first Gothic novel.
What is The Castle of Otranto?
The Goths fought this empire for centuries
This country is where Gothic architecture first developed in the 12th century.
France
This is the type of narrator that Poe utilizes in "The Black Cat"
unreliable