The Monster in the Closet: Representation of Homosexual Desire in American Gothic Literature
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The Monster in the Closet: Representation of Homosexual Desire in American Gothic LiteratureAuthor (s)
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Pitarch Santos, Miguel Ángel; Universitat Jaume I. Departament d'Estudis AnglesosDate
2018-06-11Publisher
Universitat Jaume IAbstract
Gothic fiction, as of late, has been associated with having homosexual
connotations. In this paper, this phenomenon will be explored profusely through the
analysis of three short stories by three different authors ... [+]
Gothic fiction, as of late, has been associated with having homosexual
connotations. In this paper, this phenomenon will be explored profusely through the
analysis of three short stories by three different authors of the Gothic movement.
These will be the Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe; Young Goodman Brown
by Nathaniel Hawthorne; and Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville. Thanks to
a previous literary review on the Gothic movement and the devices used on that
period that have come to be interpreted as having homosexual undertones, the
different instances of homosexuality inside the three narratives have been detected. To
complete this examination, the most important characteristics that have been found on
the short stories are those of “the unspeakable”, the “male gaze”, the space, and the
journey, as well as the idea of “homosexual panic” and the overall context and male
relationships. Concentrating on identifying all these elements, plenty of homosexual
undertones have been encountered on the stories. What these findings have uncovered
is, not only the homosexual subtext of the stories, but also how that subtext also
expressed a homophobic sentiment, as for, in the Gothic period, every sign of
homosexual desire hid a homophobic connotation within it. [-]
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Treball Final de Grau en Estudis Anglesos. Codi: EA0938. Curs acadèmic: 2017/2018
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