SPATIALITY IN GOTHIC LITERATURE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER BY EDGAR ALLAN POE
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https://doi.org/10.18817/rlj.v4i1.2271Abstract
This paper aims at investigating the use of the literary space in Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) through its relations regarding the characters and the plot; also, its role in the creation of a unique ambience based in the combination of gothic elements. It approaches the object by Bakthin’s (1981) theory of the chronotope in order to explain the literary effects achieved by its use as a fictional tool. Furthermore, this study closes with a comparison between the house and the protagonist Roderick Usher, proposing that the former might be also perceived as a character itself.
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