be studied through looking at Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein and Horace Walpole’s novel The Castle of Otranto. With gothic fiction being produced during the age of enlightenment, the novels reflect a culture period of intellectualism that prised scientific enquiry and also questions morals and religion. Thus the period departed from the previous social system which was based on faith and belief. The novels also reflect the destruction revolution can have on society. The castle of Otranto represents
example for the unconscious. The topics and aspects of this literary movement comprise primacy of imagination, passion, sensibility, criticism of the past, individualism and the supernatural. What is to be found in Frankenstein, among other, is an interest in difficult, uncomfortable emotions, this is especially to be found in Frankenstein’s angst of encountering his creation, literally the mixture of awe and horror. It is to be noted that at that time people
interesting periods of all. Many of the modern literary tendencies have derived from this formative era.Nineteenth-century literature is characterized by the Romantic movement and by the strong nationalism which was formed by French Revolution and American revolution in 18th century.Romantic movement developed as a rection to scientific and rational attitude of 18C..It was a shift from age of decorum,reason and order to Romantic age of sentiments,feelings,love for nature and emotionsIt was the time
period we see the novel grow, essays and periodicals circulation increased drastically. ‘The Expansion of print culture enabled a wide range of prose writing to flourish’. (Paul Poplawski, p 455). I think it is very interesting to see that the industrial revolution impacted the realistic indoor focus of the Victorian