dimarts, 3 de desembre del 2013

THE GOTHIC NOVEL (G.N.), the first horror


The gothic novel was invented by Horace Walpole, in the eighteenth century. The first novel was "The Castel of Otranto", publicated in 1764. The elements of gothic novel are inanimate objects coming to life, visions, breathlessness (dificultat al respirar), women in distress (angoixa), sorrow (tristesa), haste (pressa), anger (cabrejar), footsteps approaching (petjades acostant-se), clanking chains (soroll de les cadenes), crazed laughter (riure de boig-malvat).





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