Unseen Gothic - Ocr A Level English Literature Already Passed

Height of Gothic {Ans: 1788-1838}Pre-Gothic {Ans: 1721-1763}Setting {Ans: - Metaphors + personification etc. => atmosphere of dread - Visibility + darkness => obscurity of danger - Stressing the physicality of the environment with violent/powerful imagery - Manifestation of the character's feelings - The setting becomes a metonymy/reflection of inner thoughts - Everything mirrors something => rhetoric of binaries/contrasts}AO3 {Ans: Contextual Knowledge [12.5%]}Structure {Ans: - Discontinuities/delays in the narrative => builds inner tension - Shifts in voice => creates confusion - Sentence lengths (short vs long for different effects) - Convoluted or simple discourse (dialogue)}3rd Person Narrator {Ans: Presents an omniscient narrator who is essentially watching over the characters and telling the story from afar => this elicits feelings of unease/tension etc. as the reader is left unaware of the character's true emotions (often told in the passive voice)}Epistolary {Ans: - The narrative is told in the form of letters - The advantage of this was that it allowed the reader an insight into the perspectives and emotions of many characters - It also meant that many details could be hidden from the reader by unreliable narrators, which adds to the overall sense of