Supernatural Horror in Literature

What comes to mind when people think science fiction? In reality, this depends on what literature the person has had experience with. I think you could accurately guess that the first thing a lot of people might come up with would be Hunger Games. However, some people might bring out more classic literature like War of the Worlds. You can confuse yourself more by asking someone what science fiction is. Everyone seems to have their own opinions on this subject and you might even start a…

at queerness in literature the idea is that it is more than just assessing how a character fits in the queer spectrum, but also the cultural statements and implications made through the use of queer characters. In an interview with the New York Times, Eve Kosofsky Sedwick states that, “It’s about trying to understand different kinds of sexual desire and how the culture defines them,” (qtd. in New York Times). While queer themes are persistent among a variety of genres, the horror genre seems to…

There are many books and stories that fall under the genre of gothic literature. Then there is the southern gothic genre which has its own qualifications. The stories, “A Rose for Emily,” “The Book of the Grotesque,” “Good Country People,” and “Paper Pills” all meet the qualifications to be categorized as southern gothic pieces of literature. Now the question rises, “what makes these stories southern gothic”? All four of these stories use different southern gothic conventions. In the story, “A…

in a set of anxieties designated from the concept of degeneracy, attentive to the physical and moral setbacks that befall literature and a society existing in a constant threat of regression. These modern anxieties found fruitful soil in literary works that address monstrous characters. One such example is Dracula, written by Anglo-Irish novelist Bram Stoker. The supernatural Count Dracula, a vampire, covets female victims who he can sully with his degenerative blood, turning them into monstrous…

Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville only saw the dark things with all aspects of life, and did not believe that mankind would have a happy future (Witkowska). Dark Romanticism has been an important figure in changing the way Americans view literature today. Dark Romanticism or Gothic fiction began with Horace Walpole 's “The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story.” The story 's content was similar to nothing that had been written before. Other authors quickly followed this new way of writing,…

Wieland: Insanity Theme The Romantic Period of literature introduced elements of horror, such as the theme of insanity. An example of a novel from this time period with insanity as the theme is Wieland, or the Transformation by Charles Brockden Brown. Prominent elements within Wieland that indicate insanity are voices being heard, family history of mental illness, and an incoherent narrator. Nearly all of the five main characters in Wieland are shown to be suffering from mental illness.…

genre, therefore, is a significant element within the narrative and Bronte applies the mysterious, the supernatural, the horrific and the romantic; to accentuate this.the heroine’s choice between sexual need and ethical duty belongs very firmly to the mode of moral realism. Red Room, Jane's childhood terrors in Lowood school, thornfield mysterious nocturnal incidents gice this novel a supernatural sense and forms an horrific…

Hill writes horror and gothic fiction with all of his novels fitting into this category. His most prominent works are: Heart-shaped box, Horns, and NOS4A2. Joe was given worldwide recognition for Horns which was released in 2010 with it being made into a cinematic movie in 2013, starring Daniel Radcliffe in the lead role. Horns is published by William Morrow with the ISBN number being ISBN 978-0-06-114795-1. Horns falls into the gothic fiction genre with it also containing supernatural and…

When time features in literature and films, it often shows the relationships between the past and the future. In Beloved (1987), Toni Morrison shows how Sethe had dehumanizing experiences during her years of slavery. Even in freedom, Sethe was reminded of her past which affected her decisions and destroyed her identity. In contrast, in Eric Bress and J. Mackye Grubber’s The Butterfly Effect (2004), Evan witnessed and participated in traumatizing events in his childhood. When he discovers his…

100 Thus, Women feel trapped in the houses and in their own body, so they try to convey that feeling through Female Gothic literature. Mores does not merely focus on the ways in which the Female Gothic illustrates women’s dissatisfactions with patriarchal society, but sets the Gothic at the center of the female…