Critical Response Prompts: “At The Mountains Of Madness,” X-XII

Group 3. Post a Create, Clue, or Connect critical response by 11 am Tuesday. 250 word minimum. Try to do a different type of response than your last post.

CREATE: Draw a visual representation of either a) the scene where Dyer + Danforth are being chased by a Shoggoth, b) the “degenerate” murals depicting the end of the Elder civilization, or c) the final “nameless evil” that lurks beyond the tallest mountains and overshadows the protagonists’ escape.

Include a quote and a brief (2-3 sentence) explanation of the details in your drawing. Upload as a JPG.

CLUE: Pick one of the passages that answers one of the reading questions.  Comment on the literary elements (setting description, point of view shifts, character development, style, etc) present in the passage. How might they provide a clue to understanding any of the following themes?

-Encountering “the sublime,” either in nature or in architectural space

-Political radicalism + colonialism

-Nature as a “gothic space”

-Scientific attempts to understand abjection

-Religious experience without organized religion (e.g. Catholicism)

CONNECT. 

Pick one of the passages that answers one of the reading questions.  Comment on the literary elements (setting description, point of view shifts, character development, style, etc) present in the passage. Connect it to one of the texts we have read so far, either noting parallels or contrasts between its Gothic elements and those of the text you’ve chosen.