The text presents a genealogy of terror and terrorism by interpreting the political rhetoric of the French Revolution and the political theory of the Enlightenment in relation to the reception of Gothic fiction in late 18th century England. By doing that, the article tries to establish connections in the use of terror in literature and politics in order to present the links between fiction and power in relation to the problems of terror and terrorism in the particular time frame.
Gothic and Terrorism: On the Genealogies of a Terror
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Ив-Кристиан Ангелов
Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, България
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Abstract:
The text presents a genealogy of terror and terrorism by interpreting the political rhetoric of the French Revolution and the political theory of the Enlightenment in relation to the reception of Gothic fiction in late 18th century England. By doing that, the article tries to establish connections in the use of terror in literature and politics in order to present the links between fiction and power in relation to the problems of terror and terrorism in the particular time frame.
Subject: CINEMA, GOTHIC, CANON THE GOTHIC: VILLAINS, VIRGINS, DOUBLES; VAMPIRES, ZOMBIES, GHOSTSKeywords: терор тероризъм готическа литература генеалогия Френска революция
