American Gothic, czyli horror amerykańskiego domostwa. Analiza udomowionej”, amerykańskiej wersji gotyku na przykładzie seriali American Gothic i American Horror Story

This article discusses the subject of Gothic television based on the example of American Gothic and American Horror Story series. By referring to the domestic dimension of American Gothic, it analyses the motif of home invasion and a traumatized family, while pointing to its contribution to the debate about the negative impact of television. The main objective of this work is to demonstrate that by the subject of families terrorized by unrealistic forces, Gothic series take up very real issues. The article is concluded by the observation that the omnipresent Gothic fiction in these series explores the much more terrifying horror of the commonplace.