Gothic, THE Mysteries OF Udolpho, 1794 PDF

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GOTHIC

A dark and gloomy atmosphere « religion » → a religious setting A church, an abbey Characters sometimes belong to the clergy Supernatural elements The gothic formula It started in the second part of the 18th century (p. 130)

The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794)

A corpse (a dead baby) /kɔ:ps/ Emily is an orphan Topoi of the gothic: -stock situations, situations that are characteristic of the gothic genre, entrapment, conferment, escape To flee: to take fight -a dark, gloomy atmosphere -the setting is typical of the gothic → an old castle the focalizer ≠ the narrator the story is told in the third person but Emily is the focalizer -stock characters, villain, a pure, young innocent young woman, idealized characters: a damsel in destress and a daric villain - (supernatural elements?) to be shrouded in mystery death seeps into the narrative tenterhooks

given ringed story.

- raw emotions prevail over reason, the reader id kept in suspense, on to embody: incarner to epitomise The Enlightenment -suspense: the reader is made to share Emily’s anguish because he, or she, is access to Emily’s thoughts and perceptions. We hear what she hears. A tale with subjectivity. Play on sounds (and silence), on light (and darkness). The focalization is on Emily and by Emily. The escalation strategy, pace on his Crucial informations is given by the narrator drop by drop, is withheld. Tensions build up mount gathers. It creates sense of drama, therefore artificial. Darkness

is used to emphasise mystery, the drama of the narrative. Darkness becomes a motif. The willing suspension of disbelief. There is a sense of excess. Tone (Clair obscure). Plan I- une histoire/ récit gothique II- la mécanique du suspense III- l’artificialité du récit Pb The novelist as a manipulator, enchanter Plan: I- A gothic formula II- The workings of suspense III- an artificial/contrived tale

The gothic is the victory of the obscure forces of the imagination over reason. A loose sentence. Right-branching To draw the reader’s attention P138-141 To contribute to sth Suspense Rhythm Well-cadenced End-focus: the most important information come at the end of the story...