The Relationship between Gothic Fiction and Halloween with Reference to Poe’sThe Masque of the Red Deat | ||
| مجلة ابحاث البصرة للعلوم الأنسانیة | ||
| Article 17, Volume 39, Issue 1, March 2014, Pages 219-234 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Author | ||
| Mahmoud A. Baddawi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study explores the relationship between Gothic fiction and Halloween as both use scary yet pleasing elements to entertain people. Further, the theoretical basis of this study makes use of Bakhtin’s notion of Carnivalesque, which refers to a literary mode that subverts and frees the assumptions of the dominant style or atmosphere through humour and chaos. Edger Allan Poe’s Gothic short story The Masque of the Red Death (henceforth MRD) is chosen for this study, since it is both a Gothic story that centers around horror and death, and a Halloween story that invests horror festivals. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| The Relationship between Gothic Fiction; Halloween with Reference; Poe | ||
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