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Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Elisa Vancoppernolle Haunted Families: Gothic Realism in Haunted Families: Gothic Realism in Haunted Families: Gothic Realism in Haunted Families: Gothic Realism in Alice Munro’s Alice Munro’s Alice Munro’s Alice Munro’s Too Much HappinessToo Much HappinessToo Much HappinessToo Much Happiness Supervised by Prof. Dr. Hilde Staels Paper submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of “Master in de Taal- en Letterkunde: Engels” May 2010
Gothic Realism In Alice Munro’s Too Much Happiness Elisa Vancoppernolle Haunted Families: Gothic Realism in Alice Munro’s Too Much Happiness 1 AcknowledgAcknowledgAcknowledgAcknowledgeeeementsmentsmentsments I came to know Alice Munro’s work last year during the course ‘Canadian Literature’ by Professor Hilde Staels. We only had to read one short story, ‘The Love of a Good Woman’, but it appealed to me and I wanted to read more of it. With the release of her new collection of stories in August 2009, the idea came to write a master dissertation on Munro’s use of gothic elements within her realist fiction. I would like to thank my supervisor, Prof. Dr. Hilde Staels, because she has provided assistance in numerous ways. Not only was she a great help with her immediate responses to questions, she also gave me a lot of inspiration during her course ‘The Contemporary Novel in English’, which was about that other famous Canadian writer, Margaret Atwood. Furthermore I would like to thank my parents for their support and my boyfriend Bram, for his help with the layout. Elisa Vancoppernolle Master of English Literature 2010