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“黑色”歌特文化URBAN GOTHIC”Gothic” Goths can be defined in a succinct but unhelpful way as “people who are into gothic things”. But what does that actually mean? The gothic novels of the early nineteenth century, was responsible for the term “gothic” being associated with a mood of horror, darkness and the supernatural. They established the now-familiar horror staples such as graveyards, ruined castles or churches, ghosts, vampires, cursed families, being buried alive and melodramatic plots. Gothic novels are often concerned with the fate of a curious young woman. A notable element in these novels was the brooding figure of the gothic villain, which developed into the Byronic hero, on which the male goth image is heavily based. The most famous gothic villain was, of course, the vampire Count Dracula. In 1993, the English town of Whitby became the location of the UK’s biggest goth festival purely because it appears in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Mary Shelley furthered the popular gothic mood and genre with her novel Frankenstein. The work of gothic short story maestro Edgar Allan Poe has also been an inspiration for many goths. The modern figure of the femme fatale, which has its roots in Romantic literature, is a key image for female goths. Some people go further and say “goth is a state of mind”. Having a goth attitude is about not ①playing along with mainstream but being tranquil and cool - other people often think goths look ridiculous, but goths don’t care. The stereotype of goths as angst-ridden teenagers writing florid poetry while moaning “why am I so much more sensitive than everyone else?” has some basis in fact. But those who stick with the goth culture on a long term basis rather than as a teenage fad tend to be fairly well-adjusted, as it’s difficult to act terribly depressed and still get on with your life. Music From the late 1970s, certain bands in the UK began to be identified as “gothic”, mostly associated with the “post punk” sound. The mo