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The document discusses the uncanny aspects of American gothic fiction. It analyzes two short stories: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gillman, about a woman descending into madness due to postpartum depression, and "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, about a village that holds an annual stoning lottery. While both stories touch on feminist themes, the document argues that it is the uncanny, bizarre elements - the woman seeing living things in the wallpaper and the villagers' cannibalistic behavior - that most disturb and trigger readers. American gothic fiction is seen as using the uncanny, situations close to but deviating from reality, to create an unsettling gap that prompts
The document discusses the uncanny aspects of American gothic fiction. It analyzes two short stories: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gillman, about a woman descending into madne…