gothic-novel哥特式小说(英文).ppt

,),ovels2),ovelasonebranchoftheEnglishliteratureandthefatherofhorrormoviesoriginsfromTheCastleofOtranto(1764).Moreimportantly,,mystery,supernaturalphenomenon,misfortune,death,hauntedhouses,,属于英语文学派别,是西方通俗文学中惊险神秘小说的一种。一般被认为随着霍勒斯·沃波尔的《奥特兰托城堡》而产生。哥特小说可以说是恐怖电影的鼻祖,更重要的是,它使我们今天习惯地将哥特式与黑暗、恐怖联系在一起。显著的哥特小说元素包括恐怖,神秘,超自然,厄运,死亡,颓废,住着幽灵的老房子,癫狂,家族诅咒等。Gothicelementsincludethefollowing:,sometimesseeminglyabandoned,,trapdoors,secretrooms,darkorhiddenstaircases,,whichlendtheirownhauntingflavorwiththeirbranchings,claustrophobia,(悬念).Theworkispervadedbyathreateningfeeling,,suchasunknownparentage,adisappearance,,4,and5belowcontributetothisatmosphere.(Again,inmodernfilmmaking,theinexplicableeventsareoftenmurders.)(预言)isconnectedwiththecastleoritsinhabitants(eitherformerorpresent).Theprophecyisusuallyobscure,partial,orconfusing."Whatcoulditmean?"Inmorewatereddownmodernexamples,thismayamounttomerelyalegend:"It'ssaidthattheghostofoldmanKrebsstillwandersthesehalls.",portents,visions(预兆).Acharactermayhaveadisturbingdreamvision,,ifthestatueofthelordofthemanorfallsover,,acharactermightseesomething(ashadowyfigurestabbinganothershadowyfigure)"imitationvision."(超自然的)orotherwiseinexplicable(莫名其妙的),ur,iantswalking,orinanimateobjects(,theeventsareultimatelygivenanaturalexplanation,whileinotherstheeventsaretrulysupern