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The Woman In Black Lesson Objective:To be able to show understanding of the genre and background to the novel The Woman in Black is an EXAM text We are reading it now so that you are familiar with it We will revise it in Year 11 We are going to create a Woman In Black folder which I will keep Pre-reading Activities: Book cover predictions Susan Hill “One evening I was browsing along my bookshelves trying to hit upon just the right thing to read when I came to The Turn of the Screw [by Henry James] and as I settled down to re-read it, I thought how much I had always admired it and how brilliantly James creates the atmosphere of the house called Bly in which it is set: out of the blue I thought ‘I wonder if I could write a ghost novel myself?’” Susan Hill Ghost Story Genre In what ways do you think the ‘Ghost Story’ is different to a ‘horror story’? Can you name any Ghost Stories? What are the traditions / conventions of a ghost story? Pre-reading Literary Terms Gothic Literature Gothic fiction?(sometimes referred to as?Gothic horror) is a genre of literature that combines elements of both?horror?and romance.?Gothic novels concentrate on extreme emotions, the thrills of fearfulness and awe and a quest for?atmosphere.? Frame Narrative A frame story is a story within a story What is Gothic? A polysemantic term as it is a term that can be applied to many things Gothic = anything out of the ordinary??? What to look for in Gothic Literature A strange or exotic Setting A fascination for the past Fear The eccentric and far-fetched Psychological insight Suspense Narrative framing Create a front cover for your folder The title of the novel The author’s name An image that you think will be relevant to the novel Words and phrases which are typical of ghost stories Predictions about what the story will be about The Woman in Black Lesson Objective:To begin to read and understand the plot of the novel Pre-reading Activities Christmas Eve A London Partic