We’re reading The Monk by Matthew Lewis in the Gothic Seminar class I’m teaching. Space is an important element in much Gothic fiction, and it is very significant in The Monk. I asked my students to draw maps or cross-sections of the Monastery/Convent complex in the novel so we can help visualize the spaces in the novel and connect them to the larger thematic interests, concerns, and obsessions that Lewis presents.
They are all interesting and are thinking about the spaces in productive ways. Here they are, with permission and names obscured:
"Quickly, to the Panopticon!" 