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Untamed Qualities of Nature and the Gothic Labyrinth in Gothic Drama

ČOUPKOVÁ, Eva

Basic information

Original name

Untamed Qualities of Nature and the Gothic Labyrinth in Gothic Drama

Authors

ČOUPKOVÁ, Eva (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Haunted Europe. Continental Connections in English-language Gothic Writing, film and New Media, 2016

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14640/16:00090179

Organization unit

Language Centre

Keywords in English

Gothic; Drama; scenery; machinery; Piranesi; Rosa
Změněno: 4/4/2017 20:18, PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

The role of the scenery and labyrinths of Gothic castles and convents in the early Gothic novels has received a wide critical attention. Reviewers have recognized the marked influence of the continental European artists on the landscapes and interiors of Gothic structures depicted in the novels. J.B. Piranesi in his Carceri provided a model for the complicated layout of Gothic castles and their dungeons. The canvases of painters as Salvatore Rosa or Claude Lorrain set the ideal of the picturesque in the descriptions of natural phenomena. Gothic Drama, even if closely related to Gothic novel, has so far enjoyed less critical interest. Original Gothic plays as well as adaptations of Gothic novels build on the concept of continental natural scenery and intricate structures but adjust them to suit the needs of the stage. Snow-topped alpine mountains and arid Mediterranean lands, as well as labyrinthine dungeons with its long-time prisoners, reflect the troubled minds of Gothic heroes, sometimes even trying to achieve comic effects. Representations of scenery and interiors also follow the development of the stage machinery of the period.