THE “GOTHIC” IN ENGLISH LITERATURE AND IN THE NOVELS OF IRIS MURDOCH AND JOHN FOWLES
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gothic, English, literature, novel, plot, character, fantastic, mystery.Аннотация
This article is dedicated to the period of XX century when many genre varieties of the novel (educational, novel in letters, Gothic, travel novel, etc.) appeared and strengthened their characters. Among the genres in which English literature became a cradle, the Gothic novel emerged as an alternative to the rational enlightened novel, which could not explain the versatility of human nature. The flourishing of the Gothic novel dates back to the last third of the century, but the poetics of the later gothic novel correspond to the worldview of English-speaking writers with a romantic orientation
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