Matthew Lewis, The Monk

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Matthew Lewis, The Monk

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3 жыл бұрын

Matthew Lewis's The Monk (1796) is a foundational work of Gothic fiction. Ghosts, suspense, persecution, larger-than-life characters, and unexpected plot twists - all the great elements of the Gothic are here, in the story of a celebrated Spanish monk who falls into temptation, crime, and damnation as a result of his pride. Unlike his celebrated predecessor Ann Radcliffe, who stopped short of embracing the supernatural, Lewis delights in it; and his gruesome tale of mob violence in Madrid reflects contemporary concerns about the French Revolution. In this video, originally made for my undergraduate course ELN 3235: The English Novel in Context, I explain the origins of Gothic fiction in England and introduce The Monk as the literary masterpiece it is.

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@sewaphim5444 3 жыл бұрын

I love your break down of Gothic and Romance! Before, I wondered why it’s called a Romance but after you explained about the actual meaning of Romance during the Medieval ages makes complete sense now. Please make more videos!

@stephencorbett2862 2 жыл бұрын

H.G.Wells called his early Sci Fi Scientific Romances before Science Fiction was used

@DracoNobilis 3 жыл бұрын

Superb effort. Succinct and informative.

@cibarra294 3 жыл бұрын

I learned so much from this video. Thank you!

@LuizCarlosMarcosVieiraJunior 3 жыл бұрын

I am always amazed by how you can talk about something very easy to complicate without complicating it. You do resist the temptation, congratulations! I have two comments: (i) I used google translate to translated novel and romance to Portuguese, both translations provided me with the same answer. Do you have any comments? (ii) I read "The Monk" more than ten years ago following your recommendation; the memory that still very alive is the tower where the monk used to hide! It is no surprise that I am an engineer...

@sililtatchu 3 жыл бұрын

Hey is the novel has a lot of porn scene? Because i read the review from goodreads it has rape scene in it

@rogermaioli 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Luiz. I don't have this account set to send me notifications when people post comments, so apologies for my tardiness in responding. The distinction between "novel" and "romance" is unique to English, and it's a feature of English literary history. In French, for example, the two genres are called "roman," while in Portuguese they are both called "romance." In order to distinguish between the two genres, some Brazilian translators have adopted the convention of rendering "novel" as "romance" and "romance" as "estória romanesca". But that's not a colloquial distinction by any means.

@LuizCarlosMarcosVieiraJunior 2 жыл бұрын

@@rogermaioli Hum! That is very interesting and it solves a long discussion I had in the past with my wife!

@homewith_nadine 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate this! I’m studying this book this semester 😬✌🏽

@anajulianeves5790 3 жыл бұрын

Muito interessante e educativo! Por favor, faça mais vídeos. Andei dando uma olhadinha no seu site e fiquei com um gostinho de quero mais... um curso seria extremamente gratificante, mas mais vídeos e postagens serão igualmente excelentes. Adorei o conteúdo!!!

@rogermaioli 2 жыл бұрын

Valeu pelos elogios! Tem sido difícil achar tempo para fazer mais vídeos, mas quando a oportunidade surgir, faço, sim!

@fbeserra2005 3 жыл бұрын

Fantástico, adorei as explicações, aprendi muito!

@bramiwami 2 жыл бұрын

Great review, wouldn't guess you are brazilian. I'm also brazilian and work as an accent coach and you have minimal "vices" that we have. Parabéns pelo review, excelente.

@thebigcapitalism9826 3 жыл бұрын

You ever gonna post again? Loved the video

@rogermaioli 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the encouragement!

@dojee8993 Жыл бұрын

very interesting, informative video, great work👍 isn't that much about The Monk tho lol

@przyjacielswistakow6301 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@Galdra 2 жыл бұрын

The word Roman (romance) means an novel in the Scandinavian languages.

@rarafarara 2 жыл бұрын

I love your history lesson but you didn't touch on the plot at all which I thought by the title would be what the video is going be discussed about

@rogermaioli Жыл бұрын

Fair enough, Rara. I initially produced this video as an introduction to The Monk for students at my "From Romance to the Novel" course, and I wanted to avoid spoilers. The problem, as you point out, is that the video ended up not providing anything like an analysis of the book itself.

@useray6020 3 жыл бұрын

I could just tell your Brazilian with that accent. My parents have it 😆

@moesypittounikos 2 жыл бұрын

Is the audio worth listening to or it as un-listenable and the novel is supposed to be unreadable?

@rogermaioli Жыл бұрын

I don't know audiobook versions, but the novel is eminently readable!

@sililtatchu 3 жыл бұрын

Is the novel has a lot of porn scene?

@mattconner1955 2 жыл бұрын

No. There's a rape scene, but it's not told very graphically.

@sililtatchu 2 жыл бұрын

@@mattconner1955 but is it a lot?

@rogermaioli 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mutiara; apologies for my tardiness in responding. This novel is noticeably more violent than other Gothic novels from the times. Compared to eighteenth-century pornography, however, it is much more euphemistic and indirect. There is a rape scene, which is described in vague terms, without graphic representation. Students of mine in the past have found that scene shocking. But there is nothing in The Monk to match the explicit sexual violence to be found in the works of the Marquis de Sade, who admired Lewis. In fact, The Monk may seem well behaved if compared to popular movies and series today.