Victorian drama in Gothic setting (Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon)
The article analyses thematic and figurative connection between early Gothic novels by English writers and Mary Braddon's Victorian best-seller Lady Audley's Secret, especially in terms of chronotope. Braddon's literary creation follows the main principles of sensational fiction, feat...
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Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
2012-09-01
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| description | The article analyses thematic and figurative connection between early Gothic novels by English writers and Mary Braddon's Victorian best-seller Lady Audley's Secret, especially in terms of chronotope. Braddon's literary creation follows the main principles of sensational fiction, featuring a thrilling plot and magnetic characters, but the problem set behind the family drama is closely interwoven with the topical issues of Victorian society - stereotyped view of female depravity, social and gender inequality, connections between mental illness and moral corruption. Combining Gothic and sensational elements, Braddon makes her novel more complicated and controversial, than the plot and subgenre suggest. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5555dda002c54ce8b0e60250ffac81cd2022-12-21T18:57:59ZengPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism2312-92202312-92472012-09-010317234484Victorian drama in Gothic setting (Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon)O V Razumovskaya0Российский университет дружбы народовThe article analyses thematic and figurative connection between early Gothic novels by English writers and Mary Braddon's Victorian best-seller Lady Audley's Secret, especially in terms of chronotope. Braddon's literary creation follows the main principles of sensational fiction, featuring a thrilling plot and magnetic characters, but the problem set behind the family drama is closely interwoven with the topical issues of Victorian society - stereotyped view of female depravity, social and gender inequality, connections between mental illness and moral corruption. Combining Gothic and sensational elements, Braddon makes her novel more complicated and controversial, than the plot and subgenre suggest.http://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/4484хронотопготический стиль в литературевикторианское обществосенсационная прозасемейная драматайна |
| spellingShingle | O V Razumovskaya Victorian drama in Gothic setting (Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon) RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism хронотоп готический стиль в литературе викторианское общество сенсационная проза семейная драма тайна |
| title | Victorian drama in Gothic setting (Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon) |
| title_full | Victorian drama in Gothic setting (Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon) |
| title_fullStr | Victorian drama in Gothic setting (Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Victorian drama in Gothic setting (Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon) |
| title_short | Victorian drama in Gothic setting (Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon) |
| title_sort | victorian drama in gothic setting lady audley s secret by mary elizabeth braddon |
| topic | хронотоп готический стиль в литературе викторианское общество сенсационная проза семейная драма тайна |
| url | http://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/4484 |
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