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Educators in literary, cultural, and architectural studies appreciate the Gothic as an area that facilitates investigation of the beginnings of scientific certainty. As Carol Senf has stated, "the Gothic was... a counterbalance produced by writers and thinkers who felt limited by such a confident worldview and recognized that the power of the past, the irrational, and the violent continue to sway in the world." [115] As such, the Gothic helps students better understand their doubts about the self-assurance of today's scientists. Scotland is the location of what was probably the world's first postgraduate program to consider the genre exclusively: the MLitt in the Gothic Imagination at the University of Stirling, first recruited in 1996. [116] See also [ edit ] Darlington, Steve (8 September 2003). "Review of My Life with Master". RPGnet . Retrieved 9 July 2019. Gamer, Michael (2006), Romanticism and the Gothic. Genre, Reception and Canon Formation, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

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Walpole, H. 1764 (1968). The Castle of Otranto. Reprinted in Three Gothic Novels. London: Penguin Press.Radcliffe, Ann (1995). The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne. Oxford: Oxford UP. pp.vii–xxiv. ISBN 0192823574. As for human-induced violence, the story of Cain and Abel (first sons of Adam and Eve) describes the first murder committed upon the Earth, and is virtually the same in all three religions: Cain's sacrifices to God are rejected but his brother's accepted, and out of jealousy, the first slays the latter. [12] [11] Other accounts of human-induced brutality include descriptions of battle, conquest, sacrifice, imprisonment, stoning, and crucifixion – among others. Typically, these accounts serve to not only educate the followers of the religions about previous nations but to warn them of the darkness of human nature as well as the consequence of sin, oppression, and God's power. [13] Gothic literature [ edit ] This debate, nevertheless, is ongoing and has extended to include other forms of storytelling, such as film and video games. Muireann Maguire, Stalin's Ghosts: Gothic Themes in Early Soviet Literature (Peter Lang Publishing, 2012; ISBN 3-0343-0787-X), p. 14. The early 1970s saw a Gothic Romance comic book mini-trend with such titles as DC Comics' The Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love and The Sinister House of Secret Love, Charlton Comics' Haunted Love, Curtis Magazines' Gothic Tales of Love, and Atlas/Seaboard Comics' one-shot magazine Gothic Romances.

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Violence has been a regular element of children's fiction since time immemorial. In spite of it being originally used as a didactic component of storytelling, it has been toned down or completely removed from the earliest versions of some classic fairy tales, particularly the Grimm Brothers'. [2] In the first versions of the Cinderella story, for instance, the stepsisters make striking attempts at earning the love of the prince by chopping off parts of their feet until they fit in the slipper. Still, they get rejected due to their bloodied appearance. [60] This understanding of internal conflict is commonly used in storytelling for character building. Every narrative starts with a problem; an obstacle inhibiting the protagonist's plans and motivations. Such impediment is often embodied by a second character – the antagonist – and presents itself as the stressor that needs to be eliminated. The enmity established between these characters thus becomes the protagonist's main concern, and the way it is resolved (whether peacefully or violently) reflects these characters' inherent qualities. In several tales, the rivalry is settled with violence; a battle or duel between the two sides that claims the life of, typically, the villain. This resolution gives it a happy ending characterized by the protagonist's fulfillment of the initial motivation through the elimination of its inhibitor. [29] [28] Throughout the Harry Potter series, for instance, Harry's main desire is to avenge his parents and keep his loved ones safe. When this desire is constantly challenged by his arch enemy's growing power and the killing of his friends, anger builds up inside him until he extinguishes it by defeating Voldemort in a violent wizarding war. At the end of the narrative, Harry earns the satisfaction of having accomplished his deepest wish by not only having avenged his parents but also building a loving family. [38] Following the definitions of id, ego, and superego mentioned above, critical readings have supposed that Harry's id was unsuccessfully suppressed; his decision to fight and use violence despite the great losses he suffered in the war represents the id's transgression of both the ego and superego. Nevertheless, his uncontrolled desire for revenge revealed, through the course of the series, his qualities of undeterred determination, cunning, compassion, and bravery. [39] Violence therefore is a choice that, if made by a character, can serve to disclose several aspects of their personality. Killeen, Jarlath (31 January 2014). The Emergence of Irish Gothic Fiction. Edinburgh University Press. p.51. doi: 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748690800.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-7486-9080-0. S2CID 192770214. Although the term graphic violence is commonly used for visual artistic media like film and television, it can relate to literature due to vivid, gory descriptions of death and injury in several stories. Such evocative imagery is the hallmark of fiction in the speculative genre, particularly horror, but not restricted to it. Settings that might exhibit these images include apocalypses, wars, and conquests. Romain, Lindsey (5 October 2020). "THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR Is a Beautiful Gothic Romance". Nerdist . Retrieved 29 December 2020.Villiers, Gerda de (2020). "Suffering in the Epic of Gilgamesh". Old Testament Essays. 33 (3): 690–705. doi: 10.17159/2312-3621/2020/v33n3a19. ISSN 1010-9919. S2CID 236855025. The poetry, romantic adventures, and character of Lord Byron—characterized by his spurned lover Lady Caroline Lamb as "mad, bad and dangerous to know"—were another inspiration for the Gothic novel, providing the archetype of the Byronic hero. For example, Byron is the title character in Lady Caroline's Gothic novel Glenarvon (1816). a b Nichols "Place and Eros in Radcliffe", Lewis and Bronte, The Female Gothic, ed. Fleenor, Eden Press Inc., 1983. Contemporary literature (c. 1950 – present day) has branched into several specific subgenres. Speculative fiction (horror, science fiction, and fantasy), for example, can be particularly or a mixture of occult, paranormal, post-apocalyptic, gothic, dystopian, cyberpunk, steampunk, urban fantasy, magic realism – among other types. [25] Notable contributors include Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, and Ray Bradbury – and most of their writing maintains, if not magnifies, the types of physical and emotional violence encountered in past fiction.

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Kavka, Misha (16 October 2014). The Gothic and the everyday: living Gothic. Springer. pp.225–240. ISBN 978-1-137-40664-4. In the United States, two notable late 19th-century writers in the Gothic tradition were Ambrose Bierce and Robert W. Chambers. Bierce's short stories were in the horrific and pessimistic tradition of Poe. Chambers indulged in the decadent style of Wilde and Machen, even including a character named Wilde in his The King in Yellow (1895). [71] Some works of the Canadian writer Gilbert Parker also fall into the genre, including the stories in The Lane that had No Turning (1900). [72] Le Horla (1887) by Guy de Maupassant Cairney, Christopher (1995). The Villain Character in the Puritan World (PhD dissertation). Columbia: University of Missouri. ProQuest 2152179598 . Retrieved 20 November 2017. The earliest tales of heroic deeds and adventures were told orally in the form of epic poetry, folk songs, and prayers from one generation to another. Epics describe, in stylized and lyrical language, the adventures of a hero, often with superhuman qualities, that serve to put his character to the test. Most epics feature the interference of the concerned culture's gods and deities to either hamper or facilitate the protagonist's journey. These tales tend to be either completely fictional or a blend of fiction and history. [4]

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Ronald "Terror Gothic: Nightmare and Dream in Ann Radcliffe and Charlotte Bronte", The Female Gothic, Ed. Fleenor, Eden Press Inc., 1983. The censorship of frightful detail in their modern renditions seems nevertheless fruitless as today's juvenile literature retains violence to a certain, if not greater, extent. As an example, C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, despite being aimed at the young audience, is centered around narratives of oppression and war. Characters are seen being threatened and spied on, and in a specially brutal chapter, the lion Aslan is stripped of his fur and stabbed to death by the villain and her army. [61] Recent debates have therefore questioned whether violence is necessary in juvenile literature due to possible harmful effects it might have on children's minds and behavior. [2] Several children's stories are known to include themes of violence. Perceptions [ edit ]