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It defines key Gothic features in architecture (pointed arches, vaults, flying buttresses, stained glass, gargoyles, grotesques) and connects manuscript imagery to later use in gloomy, frightening literature. 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It later came to signify “Germanic,” then “medieval,” especially regarding European medieval architecture and art.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"What are common conventions of Gothic literature according to the text?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"Gothic literature typically includes wild, desolate landscapes; ruined ancient buildings; supernatural figures like demons and apparitions; a brooding atmosphere; and youthful heroes and threatened heroines facing corrupt aristocrats, wicked witches, and hideous monsters.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"How does the text define a Gothic novel and what influence does it have?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"A Gothic novel is described as a romance popular from about the 1760s to the 1820s that influenced ghost and horror stories. 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Their now-extinct language, also called Gothic, died out completely. The term later came to signify \"Germanic,\" then \"medieval,\" especially in reference to the medieval architecture and art used in western Europe between 1100 and 1500 CE. (The earlier art and architecture of medieval Europe between 700-1100 CE is known as \"Romanesque.\") Characteristics of Gothic architecture include the pointed arch and vault, the flying buttress, stained glass, and the use of gargoyles and grotesques fitted into the nooks and crannies unoccupied by images of saints and biblical figures. A grotesque refers to a stone carving of a monstrous or mythical creature either in two dimensions or full-relief, but which does not contain a pipe for transferring rainwater. A gargoyle is a full-relief stone carving with an actual pipe running through it, so that rainwater will flow through it and out of a water-spout in its mouth. Manuscripts from the Gothic period of art likewise have strange monsters and fantastical creatures depicted in the margins ofthe page, and elaborate vine-work or leaf-work painted along the borders. The term has come to be used much more loosely to refer to gloomy or frightening literature. Contrast with horror story, Gothic literature and Gothic novel (below) .  \nGOTHIC LITERATURE: Poetry, short stories, or novels designed to thrill readers by providing mystery and blood-curdling accounts of villainy, murder, and the supernatural. As  \nJ. A. Cuddon suggests, the conventions of gothic literature include wild and desolate landscapes, ancient buildings such as ruined monasteries; cathedrals; castles with dungeons, torture chambers, secret doors, and winding stairways; apparitions, phantoms, demons, and necromancers; an atmosphere of brooding gloom; and youthful, handsome heroes and fainting (or screaming!) heroines who face off against corrupt aristocrats, wicked witches, and hideous monsters. Conventionally, female characters are threatened by powerful or impetuous male figures, and description functions through a metonymy of fear by presenting details designed to evoke horror, disgust, or terror (see Cuddon's discussion, 381-82) .  \nThe term Gothic originally was applied to a tribe of Germanic barbarians during the dark ages and their now-extinct language, but eventually historians used it to refer to the gloomy and impressive style of medieval architecture common in Europe, hence \"Gothic Castle\" or \"Gothic Architecture.\" The term became associated with ghost stories and horror novels because early Gothic novels were often associated with the Middle Ages and with things \"wild, bloody, and barbarous of long ago\" as J. A. Cuddon puts it in his Dictionary of Literary Terms (381) . See Gothic, above, and Gothic novel, below.  \nGOTHIC NOVEL: A type of romance wildly popular between 1760 up until the 1820s that has influenced the ghost story and horror story. The stories are designed to thrill readers by providing mystery and blood-curdling accounts of villainy, murder, and the supernatural. As J. A. Cuddon suggests, the conventions include wild and desolate landscapes; ancient buildings such as ruined monasteries, cathedrals, and castles with dungeons, torture chambers, secret doors, and winding stairways; apparitions such as phantoms, demons, and necromancers; an atmosphere of brooding gloom; and youthful, handsome heroes and fainting (or screaming!) heroines who face off against corrupt aristocrats, wicked witches, and hideous monsters. Conventionally, female characters are threatened by powerful or impetuous male figures, and description functions  \nthrough a metonymy of fear by presenting details designed to evoke horror, disgust, or terror (see Cuddon's discussion, 381-82) .  \nThe term Gothic originally was applied to a tribe of Germanic barbarians during the dark ages and their now-","cbCaiitRE7B9XNHn","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiitRE7B9XNHn","pdf",53613,"English","# Gothic\n## Gothic Literature\n## Gothic Novel","[{\"question\":\"What does the term “Gothic” originally refer to, and how did it change meaning?\",\"answer\":\"“Gothic” originally referred to the Goths and their extinct language. 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