#VICTORIAN GOTHIC LITERATURE ARCHIVE#
The course gives you access to a wealth of online resources and digitised archival material relating to Victorian culture and draws on local literary and cultural resources, such as the Conan Doyle Collection (Lancelyn Green Bequest) in Portsmouth’s Central Library. Through a rich and fascinating range of historical, literary and folkloric texts, themes and approaches, you'll probe the darker side of the Victorian age. This MA explores not just 19th-century Gothic cultures but, more generally, the fears, wonders, and dark imagination of the Victorian era. Why do we associate the Victorians with darkness, sin, hypocrisy and monstrosity? Why does the Gothic seem to best encapsulate how we think about and remember the Victorians? These are some of the questions you'll explore on this course. Victorian society and culture was a contradiction – an era of bold vision and technological wonders entwined with deep social fears and cultural anxieties.
#VICTORIAN GOTHIC LITERATURE PROFESSIONAL#
Equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications will be considered.Įnglish language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0.
This dynamic creates tension and appeals deeply to the reader's sense of pathos, particularly as these heroines typically tend to be orphaned, abandoned, or somehow severed from the world, without guardianship.A minimum of a second-class honours degree or equivalent, in History, English, or a relevant subject, or a master's degree in an appropriate subject. Virgin in distress: With the exception of a few novels, such as Sheridan Le Fanu’s "Carmilla" (1872), most Gothic villains are powerful males who prey on young, virginal women (think Dracula).They can take many forms, such as dreams, spiritual visitations, or tarot card readings. Omens: Typical of the genre, omens-or portents and visions-often foreshadow events to come.The panic, terror, and other feelings characters experience is often expressed in a way that's overblown and exaggerated in order to make them seem out of control and at the mercy of the increasingly malevolent influences that surround them. Melodrama: Also called “high emotion,” melodrama is created through highly sentimental language and instances of overwrought emotion.In some works, these supernatural features are later explained in perfectly reasonable terms, however, in other instances, they remain completely beyond the realm of rational explanation. The paranormal: Gothic fiction almost always contains elements of the supernatural or paranormal, such as ghosts or vampires.These (mostly) men of the cloth are often portrayed as being weak and sometimes outrageously evil. Clergy: Often, as in "The Monk" and "The Castle of Otranto," the clergy play important secondary roles in Gothic fare.Other settings may include caves or wilderness locales, such as a moor or heath. As Gothic architecture plays an important role, many of the stories are set in a castle or large manor, which is typically abandoned or at least run-down, and far removed from civilization (so no one can hear you should you call for help). Setting: The setting of a Gothic novel can often rightly be considered a character in its own right.Atmosphere: The atmosphere in a Gothic novel is one characterized by mystery, suspense, and fear, which is usually heightened by elements of the unknown or unexplained.
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