The Gothic Incest Between Siblings-The Monk and The Fall of the House of Usher  

作　　者：LIN Zi-ling 

机构地区：[1]The Chinese University of Hong Kong,Shatin,NT,Hong Kong SAR,PRC

出　　处：《Journal of Literature and Art Studies》2021年第8期579-584,共6页文学与艺术研究（英文版）

摘　　要：Incest is an important topic in the Gothic literature,which produces horror by reflecting a kind of morbid desire.The Gothic incest between siblings shows some conventions and transformations in the development.This paper analyses this motif by studying the siblings in Lewis’s The Monk and Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher.It begins with two conventions-first,incest is driven by the victimizer’s psychological problem,and second,it brings a catastrophe to the whole family.Then,it turns to two transformations-the first change is the narrative style of the incest,and the second one is the gender roles and sexual relations in the incest.Lastly,it comes to the conclusion that incest between siblings in our real life calls for more attention to the proper sexual education within family.

关 键 词：Poe TABOO SEX psychological Gothic The Gothic conventions and transformations 

分 类 号：TQ3[化学工程]