Matthew Lewis, The Monk

[@sewaphim5444]

I love your break down of Gothic and Romance! Before, I wondered why it’s called a Romance but after you explained about the actual meaning of Romance during the Medieval ages makes complete sense now. Please make more videos!

[@stephencorbett2862]

H.G.Wells called his early Sci Fi Scientific Romances before Science Fiction was used

[@DracoNobilis]

Superb effort. Succinct and informative.

[@cibarra294]

I learned so much from this video. Thank you!

[@LuizCarlosMarcosVieiraJunior]

I am always amazed by how you can talk about something very easy to complicate without complicating it. You do resist the temptation, congratulations! I have two comments: (i) I used google translate to translated novel and romance to Portuguese, both translations provided me with the same answer. Do you have any comments? (ii) I read "The Monk" more than ten years ago following your recommendation; the memory that still very alive is the tower where the monk used to hide! It is no surprise that I am an engineer...

[@sililtatchu]

Hey is the novel has a lot of porn scene? Because i read the review from goodreads it has rape scene in it

[@rogermaioli]

Hey Luiz. I don't have this account set to send me notifications when people post comments, so apologies for my tardiness in responding. The distinction between "novel" and "romance" is unique to English, and it's a feature of English literary history. In French, for example, the two genres are called "roman," while in Portuguese they are both called "romance." In order to distinguish between the two genres, some Brazilian translators have adopted the convention of rendering "novel" as "romance" and "romance" as "estória romanesca". But that's not a colloquial distinction by any means.

[@LuizCarlosMarcosVieiraJunior]

@@rogermaioli Hum! That is very interesting and it solves a long discussion I had in the past with my wife!

[@anajulianeves5790]

Muito interessante e educativo! Por favor, faça mais vídeos. Andei dando uma olhadinha no seu site e fiquei com um gostinho de quero mais... um curso seria extremamente gratificante, mas mais vídeos e postagens serão igualmente excelentes. Adorei o conteúdo!!!

[@rogermaioli]

Valeu pelos elogios! Tem sido difícil achar tempo para fazer mais vídeos, mas quando a oportunidade surgir, faço, sim!

[@thebigcapitalism9826]

You ever gonna post again? Loved the video

[@rogermaioli]

Thanks for the encouragement!

[@homewith_nadine]

Appreciate this! I’m studying this book this semester 😬✌🏽

[@bramiwami]

Great review, wouldn't guess you are brazilian. I'm also brazilian and work as an accent coach and you have minimal "vices" that we have. Parabéns pelo review, excelente.

[@fbeserra2005]

Fantástico, adorei as explicações, aprendi muito!

[@dojee8993]

very interesting, informative video, great work👍 isn't that much about The Monk tho lol

[@Galdra]

The word Roman (romance) means an novel in the Scandinavian languages.

[@rarafarara]

I love your history lesson but you didn't touch on the plot at all which I thought by the title would be what the video is going be discussed about

[@rogermaioli]

Fair enough, Rara. I initially produced this video as an introduction to The Monk for students at my "From Romance to the Novel" course, and I wanted to avoid spoilers. The problem, as you point out, is that the video ended up not providing anything like an analysis of the book itself.

[@moesypittounikos]

Is the audio worth listening to or it as un-listenable and the novel is supposed to be unreadable?

[@rogermaioli]

I don't know audiobook versions, but the novel is eminently readable!

[@useray6020]

I could just tell your Brazilian with that accent. My parents have it 😆

[@sililtatchu]

Is the novel has a lot of porn scene?

[@mattconner1955]

No. There's a rape scene, but it's not told very graphically.

[@sililtatchu]

@@mattconner1955 but is it a lot?

[@rogermaioli]

Hi Mutiara; apologies for my tardiness in responding. This novel is noticeably more violent than other Gothic novels from the times. Compared to eighteenth-century pornography, however, it is much more euphemistic and indirect. There is a rape scene, which is described in vague terms, without graphic representation. Students of mine in the past have found that scene shocking. But there is nothing in The Monk to match the explicit sexual violence to be found in the works of the Marquis de Sade, who admired Lewis. In fact, The Monk may seem well behaved if compared to popular movies and series today.

[@przyjacielswistakow6301]

Thanks