Types of ArchitectureWhy Samuel Peyton’s Castle?The GothicHidden ThingsHorror and RomanceNotice the DetailsWhen you take time to notice the smallest elements of the story, you often uncover how they are connected to large and important themesDetails: Types of ArchitectureBird’s eye view of townTwo churches (p.2)“giant book ends”“volcanoes”Courthouse (p.2)Schools (p.2)Houses (p.20)Samuel Peyton’s CastlePg.21Peyton Place is named after Samuel PeytonSamuel Peyton built his castle in the middle of no wherePeyton Place rose up in the shadow of Peyton’s castleOn page 102, we learn that Samuel Peyton’s castle was“true honest-to-god castle, transported over here from England, every stick and stone of is”Why would Grace Metalious feel is necessary to include something as strange as Peyton’s castle in her book?The Key is in the “Gothic”The Term “Gothic”Originally referred to Goths, a Germanic TribeThen it came to mean “Germanic”Finally, it came to mean “medieval”It is most commonly associated with Gothic architecture now, buildings built between 12th and 16th centuries that often boasted pointed arches, turrets and high vaultsThe Gothic NovelThe genre began with Horace Walpole’s Castle of Otranto (1764)Other famous early Gothic novels:Ann Radcliff’s Mysteries of Udolpho (1794)Matthew Lewis’s The Monk (1767)Jane Austen Northanger Abbey (1818)As a satire on gothic5 characteristicstakes place in a medieval settingoften in a gloomy, isolate castle (full of dungeons and hidden passageways)concerned with natural and supernaturalghosts are frequent charactersprincipal goal is to evoke chilling terrorLater, the gothic came to be associated with stories that did not have a medieval setting, but developed a brooding, dangerous, atmosphereEdgar Allan Poe is famous for his Gothic storiesHester Goodale (pg.65)Write down instances of hidden or submerged thing you can find in the storyAllison’s parentageSelena’s abortionAllison is a year older than she thinksThe CellarThe six-week drinking binge led by Kenny Stearns and Lucas CrossPg. 59Literally a submerged settingDT’s submerge reality for LucasCellar is like a dungeonPg.80Kenny sees Ginny’s ghostThe Ferris Wheel operatorHas “a head like a skull and his yellow teeth gleaming dully the dark” (pg.81)The AxBlood seemingly everywhereSelena’s WombLike a dungeonHides a secretCauses tortureIs a place of deathGothic: The Horror of the PastConstance MackenzieThe Carters (and Dr. Quimby)Dr. Quimby’s house becomes a dungeonDriven to suicide because of unhappy marriage with RobertaPeyton Place as Gothic RomanceA story full of sex, love and romanceA gothic story that is also full of horrors connected to sex, love and romance“Coming of Age” storiesignorance to knowledgeinnocence to experienceimmature responses to mature responsescoming of age examples: catcher in the rye, to kill a mockingbird, harry potter seriesBildungsromanEtymology: GermanBildung: building, shaping, formationRoman: novelA novel of building or growth or developmentHas origins in the apprenticeship novelA young man learns from an experience workerDevelops his trade and further his identityPopularity and movement of bildungsromanGoethe’s novel is translated into English in 1824Novels that focused on the journey from childhood to adulthood were extremely popular in Victorian EnglandPride and prejudiceOliver twistJane eyreGreat expectationsKey characteristicsThe protagonist develops throughout the storyGoes on journey -> maturityUsually abides by society’s expectationsCharacter figuring out where they belongMakes mistakes but learns because of themSees the realities of the worldWhat type of novel is Peyton PlaceA salacious expose- a very dirty bookA meditation on the naturalA gothic romance filled with hidden or submerged thingsA manual on dating and courtshipAllison’s developmentPassages about roads end pg 11, 46, 133, 371“Roads End”signpost for allison’s development in the novela place of reflection overlooking peyton placeAllison reflects on her feelings/experiencesRoad’s end reflects changes in Allisonwhy end the novel with that scene of Allison at roads endtheme of purityPeyton Place: Peyton’s CastleTypes of ArchitectureWhy Samuel Peyton’s Castle?The GothicHidden ThingsHorror and RomanceNotice the DetailsWhen you take time to notice the smallest elements of the story, you often uncover how they are connected to large and important themesDetails: Types of ArchitectureBird’s eye view of townTwo churches (p.2)“giant book ends”“volcanoes”Courthouse (p.2)Schools (p.2)Houses (p.20)Samuel Peyton’s CastlePg.21Peyton Place is named after Samuel PeytonSamuel Peyton built his castle in the middle of no wherePeyton Place rose up in the shadow of Peyton’s castleOn page 102, we learn that Samuel Peyton’s castle was“true honest-to-god castle, transported over here from England, every stick and stone of is”Why would Grace Metalious feel is necessary to include something as strange as Peyton’s castle in her book?The Key is in the “Gothic”The Term “Gothic”Originally referred to Goths, a Germanic TribeThen it came to mean “Germanic”Finally, it came to mean “medieval”It is most commonly associated with Gothic architecture now, buildingsbuilt between 12th and 16th centuries that often boasted pointed arches, turrets and high vaultsThe Gothic NovelThe genre began with Horace Walpole’s Castle of Otranto (1764)Other famous early Gothic novels:Ann Radcliff’s Mysteries of Udolpho (1794)Matthew Lewis’s The Monk (1767)Jane Austen Northanger Abbey (1818)As a satire on gothic5 characteristicstakes place in a medieval settingoften in a gloomy, isolate castle (full of dungeons and hidden passageways)concerned with natural and supernaturalghosts are frequent charactersprincipal goal is to evoke chilling terrorLater, the gothic came to be associated with stories that did not have amedieval setting, but developed a brooding, dangerous, atmosphereEdgar Allan Poe is famous for his Gothic storiesHester Goodale (pg.65)Write down instances of hidden or submerged thing you can find in the storyAllison’s parentageSelena’s abortionAllison is a year older than she thinksThe CellarThe six-week drinking binge led by Kenny Stearns and Lucas CrossPg.
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