Episodes
Wonderland: Gothic: Gothic Origins (Sky Arts Tuesday 21 November 2023)
Wonderland: Gothic: Gothic Origins airs Tuesday 21 November 2023 on Sky Arts
What can we expect from this episode
A new four-part series delving into the phenomenon of “Gothic” — the ever-popular and relevant genre that depicts the strange, emotional, and occasionally terrifying human psyche — in literature, poetry, art, and cinema.
“Gothic” embraces a wide range of topics, from abject horror and repulsion to imagination and spiritual fulfilment, with an overtly dramatic and frequently exaggerated intensity, expressing the human spirit’s rebellion against an over-rational world. Sigmund Freud and the Sex Pistols were among the many enthralled and inspired by the “Gothic” style that quickly gained widespread popularity.
In the first episode, we delve into how “Gothic” came to symbolise a counterculture that stood firm against authority figures, questioned social and cultural institutions that held power, and confronted collective and individual wrongs, oppressions, and injustices of the past.
Wonderland: Gothic combines biography, literary extracts, and interviews with leading academics and film director Tim Burton, together with excerpts from the many books and films made of Gothic work to explore what was behind these well-known Gothic stories.
Season 1 Episode 1
When can we see the episode
Wonderland: Gothic: Gothic Origins airs Tuesday 21 November 2023 at 21:00 on Sky Arts
Featured image credit: Sky Arts
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