Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto initiated which literary tradition ?
Correct answer: B. Gothic fiction
- A. Hunnish epic
- B. Gothic fiction
- C. epistolary novel
- D. meta-novel
Explanation
Walpole's 1764 novel combined medieval setting, supernatural events, and terror, establishing the Gothic tradition. It is therefore regarded as the first Gothic novel or a foundational work of Gothic fiction.
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