![]() ![]() However, modern technological advancements have made such widespread creativity possible. Along with fascination with modern technology and optimism for the future came simultaneous disillusionment. ![]() The beginning of the modern era, during the final decades of the nineteenth century, coincided with the Industrial evolution. The period between the end of the nineteenth century to the current day can be generally described as the modern and postmodern eras. Thus, authors of the 19th century, like Duncan Campbell Scott and Pauline Johnson, found elements of the gothic genre to be a useful way to explore…įrom impressionism to pop art, jazz to hip hop, science fiction to beat poetry, artistic, musical, and literary expressions have varied considerably between 18. ![]() It resonated with readers because after a century of Enlightenment (hyper-emphasis on reason and naturalism), the romantic era had ushered in something desperately needed: feeling. It was romantic, vibrant, dark, brooding, frightening, exciting, and visceral. The gothic was a popular genre form in the 19th century. Popular examples on both sides of the Atlantic include works by the Bronte sisters, works by Poe, and Shelley’s Frankenstein. Contact in Canadian Literature: The Use of Gothic Elements in the Negotiation of Cultural Differences between Settlers and Indigenous NationsĬommon elements of gothic literature include mystery, fear, omens, curses, preternatural settings, gloomy atmospheres with a hint of being haunted, some dimension of the supernatural, romance, an arch-villain, nightmare situations, anti-heroes and ladies in distress (Mulvey-Roberts Smith). ![]()
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