The Dark Romantics/ Web quest
http://hem.passagen.se/hehe/what_is_dark_romanticism.htm
1. What is Dark Romanticism?
Dark Romanticism is a movement in literature, music, movies, comics etc. towards the unfettered
expression of the decadent natural world and the obscure supernatural world.
2. What is Romanticism? (third definition)
Romanticism is the quality or state of being romantic.
3. Who provides the theoretical background for DR?
Edmund Burke.
4. What did Dark Romanticism React against?
Age of Enlightenment.
Ignore section on Dark Romanticism Today
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_romanticism
Section on Relation to Gothic
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Where did Gothic Fiction originate?
What are some of the elements of Gothic Fiction?
What major Authors are considered Dark Romantics?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_fiction
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What is the primary feeling associated with Gothic Lit?
Terror is the primary feeling.
What is the sublime? (click link and return)
Sublime is the quality of greatness or vast magnitude, whether physical, moral, intellectual,
metaphysical, aesthetic, spiritual or artistic.
Describe what might be present in the Gothic landscape?
Gothic landscape represented the inevitable decay and collapse of human creations.
How did Gothic writers feel about the medieval period?
They felt Anti-Catholicism had a European dimension featuring Roman Catholic excesses.
Gothic fiction include terror (both psychological and physical), mystery, the supernatural, ghosts,
haunted houses and Gothic architecture, castles, darkness, death, decay, doubles, madness,
secrets, and hereditary curses.
Choose three stock characters from Gothic Fiction to define (click on links)
 A femme fatale is an alluring and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers in
bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly
situations.
 A monster is any type of legendary creatures, which usually appear in legend or horror
fiction.
 The Wandering Jew is a figure from medieval Christian folklore whose legend began to
spread in Europe in the thirteenth century.