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.v4i1.2271

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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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Nathálya do Vale, UFPI

Licenciada em Língua Inglesa e Literaturas de Língua Inglesa pela Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI) com pesquisa na área de Literatura Gótica. Membro do Projeto de Pesquisa Morfologia da Ficção Especulativa.

Cláudio Augusto Carvalho Moura, UFPI

Professor de Teoria da Literatura e Literaturas de Língua Inglesa da Coordenação de Letras Estrangeiras da Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI). Coordenador do Núcleo de Pesquisa em Literatura Digitalizada (NUPLID/UFPI) e do Projeto Morfologia da Ficção Especulativa. Doutor em Literatura/Teoria Literária (UFSC).

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2020-07-06

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SEPÚLVEDA DO VALE, . N. S.; CARVALHO MOURA, C. A. . SPATIALITY IN GOTHIC LITERATURE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER BY EDGAR ALLAN POE. JUÇARA LANGUAGE JOURNAL, [S. l.], v. 4, n. 1, p. 421–435, 2020. DOI: 10.18817/rlj.v4i1.2271. Disponível em: https://www.ppg.revistas.uema.br/index.php/jucara/article/view/2271. Acesso em: 19 may. 2024.

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Artigos - TEMÁTICA LIVRE