Feminine Gothic Fiction From Late 18^th Century To 19^th Century

The gothic fiction was come into being from late 18^th century to the first half of 19^th century. It was an unique and influential genre. Most of the gothic stories were taking places in mediaeval castle and horrible abbey and unfrequented wasteland. The dramatis personae are ceased by crazy lust of wealth and blood. The most important factors of gothic fiction are mysteries atmosphere and stimulative polt. Gothic fictions are being created massively in this period of time, especially feminine gothic novels. A lot of female gothic fiction writer appeared. For example, Ann Radcliff, Mary Shelley are the most famous ones. The whole paper is divided into 5 parts. The first chapter is the a total introduction of gothic fiction from late 18^th century to the first half of 19^th century. The second chapter is an analysis of why those women produced gothic fictions from a social point of view. The third chapter is a conclusion about typical characters in gothic fictions. The forth chapter is an analysis of environment factor in gothic fictions. The last part of the paper is aesthetic points of those feminine gothic novels.As a conclusion, this paper is determined to work on the diversification of feminine ideology in literary world. To observe more new points of view of feminism literature study.