ENGL 439 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Otranto, Gothic Fiction, The Old English Baron
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Father was the principle advisor for george i and george ii: started the term prime minister. Medievalism vs. neoclassical: themes that come up in the book, published the castle of otranto as a true story. The castle of otranto (1756: walpole creates a persona as a translator in the rst text, gothic was equated to medieval. Medieval = middle ages: 5th to 15th century, artistic features. Tuesday, september 25, 2018: opposite of realism. Larger than life, no grey area: supposed to be the mix of ancient and modern romance, themes. Divine intervention: psychological insight into characters motives. Artistic features: literary o spring of otranto. More subtle supernatural machinery: archetype of virtuous knight. Chivalric romance: direct and indirect narration, lacuna (real or ctional) Missing space on a manuscript: found manuscript conceit, gothic story. Set in the medieval period: foreshadowing. Di erences from the castle of otranto: more predictable, less distinct characters, less comedic, no chapters, subtler supernatural, less female characters.
