Means of creating tension in the English Gothic short stories

CONTENTS



INTRODUCTION	3

CHAPTER 1. HISTORY BACKGROUND	7

1.1.The Interpretation of the Terms Gothic and Gothic Fiction.	7

1.2.The Gothic Evolution in Literature.	13

1.2.1. The First Wave of Gothic Novels: 1765-1820.	13

1.2.2. Gothic Fiction in the Nineteenth Century.	15

1.2.3. Modern Gothic.	16

CHAPTER 2. THE GOTHIC SHORT- STORY TRADITION	20

2.1. The Short Story as a Phenomenon of the Gothic Fiction.	20

2.2. The Features of the Gothic Short Story.	23

2.2.1. Language.	23

2.2.2. Imagery and Setting.	25

2.2.3. Characters.	27

CHAPTER 3. CREATING TENSION AND ATMOSPHERE OF FEAR IN THE GOTHIC SHORT STORIES	31

3.1.Features of Setting.	31

3.2. Typically Gothic Characters.	39

3.3. The Semantic field of the Short Stories.	45

CONCLUSION	57

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