Female Gothic
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Female Gothic is a subgenre of Gothic fiction that centers on women’s experiences, often exploring themes of domestic entrapment, psychological terror, and patriarchal oppression through female protagonists and perspectives.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gothic fiction subgenre
ⓘ
literary subgenre ⓘ |
| analyzes | patriarchal structures ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor |
Ann Radcliffe
ⓘ
Charlotte Brontë ⓘ Daphne du Maurier ⓘ Emily Brontë ⓘ Jane Austen ⓘ Mary Shelley ⓘ |
| associatedWithWork |
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
ⓘ
surface form:
Frankenstein
Jane Eyre ⓘ Northanger Abbey ⓘ Rebecca (1940 film) ⓘ
surface form:
Rebecca
The Mysteries of Udolpho ⓘ Wuthering Heights ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Male Gothic ⓘ |
| critiques |
domestic ideology
ⓘ
patriarchal marriage ⓘ |
| emergedInContext | British Gothic tradition ⓘ |
| emergedInPeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
female subjectivity
ⓘ
interior psychological states ⓘ |
| focusesOn | women’s experiences ⓘ |
| hasCriticalTerm | Female Gothic self-link ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
female narrator
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female protagonist ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
domestic entrapment
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female desire ⓘ gendered power relations ⓘ identity and selfhood ⓘ madness and sanity ⓘ marriage and confinement ⓘ patriarchal oppression ⓘ psychological terror ⓘ |
| language | English (primary critical tradition) ⓘ |
| oftenUses |
ambiguous supernatural elements
ⓘ
first-person narration ⓘ psychological realism ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Gothic romance
ⓘ
domestic Gothic ⓘ feminist Gothic ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
feminist literary criticism
ⓘ
gender studies ⓘ literary studies ⓘ |
| subgenreOf |
Gothic literature
ⓘ
surface form:
Gothic fiction
|
| typicalSetting |
castle or mansion
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domestic space ⓘ isolated house ⓘ marital home ⓘ |
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