Leseprobe
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I Conventions of the Gothic Novel
1. Gothic as a reaction against Neoclassicism
2. The Castle of Otranto as the first example of the Gothic novel and the development of the genre
3. Ann Radcliffe as a conventional Gothic writer and The Mysteries of Udolpho as a representative of the conventional Gothic fiction
3.1 The plot
3.2 The setting
3.3 The Gothic atmosphere
3.4 The characters
CHAPTER II Northanger Abbey as the Parody of Gothic Fiction
1. The origins of Northanger Abbey
2. The nature of parody
3. Jane Austen’s methods of parody in Northanger Abbey
3.1 The characters
3.1.1 The heroine
3.1.2 The hero
3.1.3 The villain
3.1.4 The minor characters
3.2 The setting
3.3 The plot
CONCLUSION
STRESZCZENIE W JÇZYKU POLSKIM
Bibliography
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- MA Magdalena Przytarska (Autor:in), 2009, The Parodies of Gothic Conventions in "Northanger Abbey" by Jane Austen, München, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/286240
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