1- Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature Department, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran
2- M.A. Student, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract: (13665 Views)
Gothic terminology (vocabulary) is an adjective, which implies a thing that is related to “Got”.
Gothic also is the name of a genre, which has been created from the 1760s to 1820s and correlated with the readers¢ uncommon imagination, dreams, nightmares & inner thaughts. Usually milieu of this genre is closed castle, ruins and dierelict lands. Gothic literature should be numerated as a branch of rheumatism or pre- rheumatism school. Gothic tales usually are dim stories of enigmas, apprehensions and extraordinary matters, which are formed around a hidden & trightfull mystery. Apprehension, frighty & deeth are three important elements of them.
Indeed, Gothic was an architectural & sculpture style about Goth tribe that, in addition to the art of architecture, has entered into the story literature. Nowadays, Gothic literature is an important part in the word literature, which we can not understand the modern literature without understanding it. The present research tries to survay the elements, structure and content of Gothic stories through descriptive-analytic way and with the use of library sources.
Received: 2012/02/27 | Accepted: 2012/06/11 | Published: 2013/03/21