Gothic Literature

Who were the Goths?

• Tribes of Rome that revolted

• A barbarian tribe who over-ran the Roman Empire

• A Greek tribe that invaded Rome

• A Roman tribe that invaded Greece

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Why is Gothic architecture called "Gothic"?

• The genre is named after the man who invented it

• Because it caused the destruction of all Classical Art

• To separate the style from that of the Romantic period

• To distinguish it from the Classical

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The 1790's was the heyday (time of great success) of Gothic fiction. This was lead by the English writer _______.

• Ann Radcliffe

• Mary Shelly

• Ann Rice

• Edgar Allan Poe

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An interest in the medieval stemmed a belief in the _________.

• Supernatural

• classical

• political

• Renaissance

The arrival of ________ helped the Gothic style flourish through film.

• architecture

• poetry

• cinema

• annimation

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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What element used in the Gothic style helps to answer the question "What is it to be human"?

• Nature

• The Supernatural

• Political injustice

• freedom

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True or False: Goth goes back to the ideas of individuality, freedom and challenging what is accepted as normal.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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