A. The body is represented in abnormal ways.
B. Women’s issues are interrogated.
C. Gender issues are often overlooked.
D. Many protagonists’ mothers are absent.
Related Mcqs:
- Given the popularity of the Gothic novel and the novel of purpose, which of the following novelists wrote fiction that is closer in subject matter to the novel of manners than it is to the writing of her own era ?
A. Fanny Burney
B. Mary Wollstonecraft
C. Anna Letitia Barbauld
D. Jane Austen - In “The Gothic Sublime” how does Mishra characterize the Gothic novel ?
A. As a version of the Romantic novel
B. As a set of literary devices developed in the 18th century but applicable to present day
C. As the antithesis of postmodernism
D. As the resolution of madness - In what way does Gothic-style architecture complement the themes of the Gothic novel ?
A. The ethereal quality of the interior space of Gothic architecture
B. The scientific advancement of the ribbed vault and flying buttress associated with Gothic architecture
C. The reduction in width of the stone masonry in Gothic architecture
D. The immense scale typical of Gothic structures - How did the term “Gothic” become associated with the literary phenomenon known as the Gothic novel ?
A. The excessive violence found in the Gothic novel
B. The barbarians that populate the Gothic novel
C. The use of the word in the subtitle of Walpole’s novel
D. The style of architecture found in the Gothic novel - In what way does the Gothic novel of the 18th century differ from the modern English novel that began to emerge in the 17th century and flourished in the 18th century ?
A. The focus on the middle and working classes
B. The consideration of the sensibilities of the protagonists
C. Plots taken from everyday life
D. The exploration of cultural taboos - How does the use of Gothic architecture assist the Gothic novelist ?
A. It engenders confusion for both the novel’s protagonist and readers.
B. It offers a secure refuge for the novel’s protagonist.
C. It provides the space for a large community of people to congregate.
D. It represents the glory of a bygone age. - What do scholars Michael O’Rourke and David Collings argue about “Queer Romanticism” ?
A. Romantic literary criticism has been stubbornly limited with regard to queer readings.
B. Deviant sexuality, including homosexuality, has historically been associated with Romantic literature.
C. The sexual lives of Romantic-era authors are not relevant to our understanding of queer Romanticism.
D. The “Queer Gothic” is understudied. - “It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer.” How does this opening sentence of Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” NOT immediately suggest the Gothic ?
A. The reference to ancestral halls
B. The uncommon nature of the event
C. The first-person narrator
D. The dichotomy between the concepts of ordinary and estate - What quality does the Gothic novel of the 18th and early 19th centuries share with the majority of English novels of the same time period ?
A. Realism
B. An epistolary format
C. A focus on the individual
D. An English setting - For many scholars, what distinguishes terror from horror in the Gothic novel ?
A. The anticipation of the violation of one’s person versus an act of physical violence
B. Plotted revenge versus random violence
C. The male Gothic versus the female Gothic
D. The persistence of the past in the present versus the betrayal in the present of the paternal protector
