Year 9
Understand 'The Uncanny' and how it applies to Gothic literature
Year 9
Understand 'The Uncanny' and how it applies to Gothic literature
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- In this lesson, we will look at a famous psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud: who he was, why he was famous and then understand and apply his theory of 'The Uncanny' to Gothic literature we have already looked at. Then, we will end on a quiz exploring what you have learnt.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What is the first stage of Todorov's narrative theory?
disequilibrium
disruption
Q2.
What does the second stage suggest typically happens in a story?
equilibrium is continued
recognition that the equilibrium has been disrupted
Q3.
What is the final stage?
attempt to repair
disequilibrium
Q4.
What does resolution mean?
feeling happy at the end
worrying about what will happen next
Q5.
Which of the following is an example of disruption in Jekyll and Hyde?
the maid looking out of her window
two gentlemen talking to each other
5 Questions
Q1.
Who was Sigmund Freud?
He studied how people dream.
He was a German theorist who studied how anatomy worked.
Q2.
What is psychoanalysis?
The belief that all people have repressed memories which they can only share through hypnosis.
The belief that all people share similar thought patterns and unconscious destires.
Q3.
What does Freud list that is associated with the Uncanny?
science, knowledge, reason and acquisition of new knowledge
violence, murder, blood and gore
Q4.
How can the Uncanny best be defined?
that which we cannot comprehend nor understand
things that make us terrified
Q5.
How does the Gothic genre link to the Uncanny?
Gothic novels often deal with ghosts and the supernatural
They often deal with horror.