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T1 Solving Misconceptions About American Gothicism: a Journey Through Charles Brockden Brown, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe’s Most Representative
A1 Rodríguez Sanchidrián, Débora
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Literatura norteamericana - siglo XIX - Historia y crítica
K1 Novela gótica - Estados Unidos - Historia y crítica
AB The aim of this paper is to solve the misconceptions that many people have about the 19th C American Gothic literature. As a starting point, I have decided to carry out an empirical study. I have chosen 100 participants between 18 and 60 years old with L1 Spanish. The methodology is the design of a multiple-choice task by means of the on-line platform Survey Monkey. Questions and answers have been designed in Spanish. Results revealed that participants had not a clear image about what American Gothic literature is.In order to solve it, I have analyzed works by Charles Brockden Brown, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe. At the end of the paper, the reader will have a clear image of American Gothic literature, who brought it to America, and you will discover that dark settings, authors’ insights and gore situations are the main characteristics common in any Gothic work.
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/18896
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/18896
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 19-oct-2024