SDMC Gothic Tropes Discussion

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1.After looking at the “Notes on Picture of Dorian Gray,” use the gothic tropes and their descriptors on the second to last slide to mine the text for the ways in which Wildeænbsp;novel fits into the gothic tradition. You only have to choose one. Once you have explored on your own, bring your thoughts here.

1. Time and Place
2. Power
3. Sexual Power
4. The Uncanny and the Sublime
5. The Supernatural and the Real
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The Gothic
Click on the picture to link to YouTube or go to https://youtu.be/gNohDegnaOQ
The Gothic-Our Notes from the Video
Time and Place-Ghosts (connection/transition between time and place); how past can
derange the present; wildly remote and imprisoned;
Power-What is it to be human? Women-men taking control; power ?gures compelling you
to do things you don want to do; coercion-desire vs. compulsion; vulnerable
Sexual Power-%rverse weird and dangerous3exual desires; outside of
dominant/¯rmative#ulture; triumphing over power
The Uncanny-Looking human, but not human (dolls, paintings, etc)
The Sublime-Nature/natural things that are powerful (shipwreck); beauty and pleasure
can also be horror and pain
The Supernatural and the Real-either the author wants us to believe in the world or there
is a realistic explanation
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Use the gothic tropes on the previous slide to mine the text for the ways in which
Wildeànovel ?ts into the gothic tradition.
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Time and Place
Power
Sexual Power
The Uncanny and the Sublime
The Supernatural and the Real

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