European Romanticism Lesson

Romanticism and
Gothic Horror

What makes this
movie a horror

movie?

What is Romanticism and Gothic Horror?

Romanticism is a movement in the

arts and literature emphasizing

inspiration, subjectivity, and the

primacy of the individual.

Gothic Horror is a
genre or mode of
literature and film
that combines
fiction and horror,
death, and at
times romance.

Characteristics of romanticism

●Strongly emphasize a love of
nature

Romanticism saw a shift
from faith in reason to faith
in the senses, feelings, and
imagination

More characteristics of romanticism…

●Imagination and emotion are more important than reason and
formal rules

●There was emphasis on
introspection,
psychology, melancholy,
and sadness

Characteristics of Gothic Horror

●Emotions-characters are very
often very emotional. Many
often times, the bad things
that happen are done out of
high emotion.

●The element of
decay-this appears
both in the landscape
like crumbling
buildings and in the
characters themselves.

●Damsels In Distress-women
threatened by tyrannical
men or just the
circumstances in which they
find themselves.

More characteristics of gothic horror…

●Romance-usually overlaps with
horror. The romance leads to the
horror.

●Supernatural
elements-usually
ghosts and weird
things that can’t be
explained.

Famous Works…

Mary Shelley-
Frankenstein-1886

Emily Bronte-
Wuthering
Heights-1847

Charlotte Bronte- Jane Eyre-1847

Robert Louis Stevenson- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-1886

Bram Stoker- Dracula-1897

Activity

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