GOTHIC NOVEL

1. Who invented the G.N?
The gothic novel was invented by Horace Walpole.

2. What was the first G.N?
The first Gothic Novel was The Castle of Otranto.

3. When was it first published?
It was first published in 1764.

4. Which basic elements of horror do they include in the list?
1- Setting in a castle
2-Athmosphere of mystery and suspense
3- Ancient propecy
4- Omens, portents, visions
5-Supernatural or otherwise inexplicable events
6-High, even overwrought emotion
7-Women in distress
8- Women threatened by a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical mode
9- The metonymy of gloom and horror
10- The vocabulary of the gothic

VOCABULARY
Prophecy: profecía
Omen/Portent: presagio, augurio
Tyrannical: tiránico
Metonymy: Metonimia
Haste: prisa, apuro