Gothic+Fiction

Topic:
**Sample Essential Question (establish a focus for your research)** Should there be a certain number of characteristics for a novel to be considered a gothic novel?

**List Supporting Questions (provide background and guide your research):**
 * 1. What is a typical setting of a gothic novel? ||
 * 2.Suppose some of the characteristics of a gothic novel were missing would it still be considered gothic fiction? ||
 * 3.How might authors perceive a gothic novel in a modern way without all the dark castles etc.? ||
 * 4.What are basic themes that go along with gothic fiction? ||
 * 5.Are gothic novels predictable? Are they formulaic? ||
 * <[[file:Think_before_you_begin.pdf]]> worksheet **

==** 2. Information seeking strategies: Use these Keywords to search online databases for books, articles and websites. Use Boolean Operators ( AND, OR, NOT ) to combine these terms and refine your search: **==
 * **thriller ** ||  || **mysterious ** ||   ||   || **supernatural ** || **“delicate feminine sensibility” ** ||
 * **Bronte ** ||  || **romanticism ** ||   ||   || **Jane Eyre ** || **feminism ** ||

**Look for Books under these Dewey Numbers:**
Gothic Fiction || 822 English Literature || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">809 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">History and Criticism of Romantic Literature ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">808.83

**Reference Books** in the Library Collection that will support your topic:
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">REF 820.9 WOR <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">REF 809 SNO |||| <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves and Other Monsters. By: Rosemary Guiley <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">World Literature and Its Times: Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events That Influenced Them. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature / Mary Ellen Snodgrass. || Click on the Thomas Dale OPAC(Online Catalog) to locate additional books in our collection
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">REF 133.4 GUI
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">REF 133.4 GUI


 * Sample Subscription Database searches: **

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 * **Link to database search for EBSCO**
 * Now do your own search ||  ||

(<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Active Recommended Reading Guide- Research Guides at Washington University )-
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">List of gothic novels
 * ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">Overview of gothic novels ||
 * ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">Understanding the Radcliffean Gothic Model ||

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