ENG 2136 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Gothic Fiction, Incubus, Sleep Paralysis
24 Sep 2015
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Lecture 3: revolutionary shocks (lewis & sade: horror & obscenity) September 19th, 2014: characteristics of gothic fiction. Demon = sleep paralysis (when you"re awake, you can"t move your body but you feel something sitting on your chest. ) Parallel between beauty/sublimity in the painting = vulnerability. Fetishizing the woman"s skin. (in the book, think of how ambrosio thinks of antonia). Overbearing darkness of the creature (maybe an incubus?) sleeping on her chest emotional center of image/emotional vulnerability. The night mare = female horse witnessing the scene. Image rooted in dream = unconscious forces overpowering the subject where they are incapable of control: marquis de sade sade was a fan of gothic fiction in the 18th century. He said he threw pamphlets to people around town he was later transferred to an asylum (they thought he was insane). 1st writers to make a relationship between britain and the french revolution (the tenor instance) 415 of the monk]: ghosts/lucifer/supernatural machinery in the scene.
