DIDAC'S VIDEO

Who was declared unfitted to reign?

• King George III

• King George I

• Queen Anne

• George of Denmark

Historically speaking, to what is the novel related to?

Answer explanation

The Regency Period.

What historical events took place? napoleonic War, Britain war with France

What happenned to the Gothic Novel in the second half of the 18th century?

• Rise

• Decline

What's the subgenre of the Gothic Novel?

Answer explanation

Female Gothics

Why did the Gothic Novel have such bad fame?

Answer explanation

Because of its grotesque elements

What does the novel represent regarding historical circumstances?

Answer explanation

Reflects the reality, social romantic, sometimes comical aspects of the historical period

What two 1818 novels took the Gothic Novel to a whole new level?

• Dracula

• Withering Heights

• Frankestein

• Northanger Abbey

Answer explanation

Frankestein: Gothic Novel + Profound reflection ( philosophical moral, realism, scifi)

Northanger Abbey: a parody of gothic novel

What starts to being associated with novels in the 18th century?

Answer explanation

Realism: novels consist of the portrayal of real people / real events / real situations

What are the two types of novel at the time?

• Novels of courtship / marriage

• Novels of romance

• Comedy of manners

• Novels of comedy

Answer explanation

Novels of courtship: heroins are young women facing their life prospects

Comedy of manners: explores the comic potential of social relations and social appareances

Major romantic novelist

Answer explanation

Sir Walter Scott: a regional novelist worried about historical origins of scotland