Frankenstein Text And Context Essay
Comparative Study of Text and Context: Elective 2- Texts in Time – Gail Perry
Module A: Comparative Study of Texts and Context
This module requires students to compare texts in order to explore them in relation to their contexts. It develops students’ understanding of the effects of context and questions of value.
Each elective in this module requires the study of groups of texts which are to be selected from a prescribed text list. These texts may be in different forms or media.
Students examine ways in which social, cultural and historical context influences aspects of texts, or the ways in which changes in context lead to changed values being reflected in texts. This includes study and use of the language of texts, consideration …show more content…
Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley, when she was just 19 years old. Published anonymously in 1818, Shelley's name did not appear until the revised third edition, published in 1831. The title of the novel refers to a scientist who learns how to reanimate flesh and creates a being in the likeness of man out of body parts taken from the dead. In modern popular culture, people have tended to refer to the Creature as "Frankenstein" (especially in films since 1931).
Frankenstein is a novel infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic Movement. It was also a warning against the "over-reaching" of modern man and the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in the novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus.
Literary influences
This work can be seen as a critique of the 1st generation Romantic preoccupations, a critique of the power of the creative imagination in response to her husband’s work and the assumptions that underpin it. For Percy Shelley, the imagination offers a way to a new and better world. In poems such as “Ozymandis” and “the Triumph of Life” Mr Shelley attempts to open the human mind and take it beyond its material world, into a world where our previous perceptions are challenged. For him, the imagination holds only promise. Mary Shelly, in response to these assumptions, suggests through her work that the imagination is potentially a dangerous and soul destroying master …show more content…
The novel was conceived and written during an early phase of the Industrial Revolution, at a time of dramatic advances in science and technology. That the creation rebels against its creator can be seen as a warning that the application of science can lead to unintended consequences.
Alchemy was a very popular topic in Shelley's world. In fact, it was becoming an acceptable idea that humanity could infuse the spark of life into a non-living thing (Luigi Galvani's experiments, for example). The scientific world just after the Industrial Revolution was delving into the unknown, and limitless possibilities also caused fear and apprehension for many as to the consequences of such horrific possibilities.
Through the violent contest between repression and liberation themes of modern industrial society are
Module A: Comparative Study of Texts and Context
This module requires students to compare texts in order to explore them in relation to their contexts. It develops students’ understanding of the effects of context and questions of value.
Each elective in this module requires the study of groups of texts which are to be selected from a prescribed text list. These texts may be in different forms or media.
Students examine ways in which social, cultural and historical context influences aspects of texts, or the ways in which changes in context lead to changed values being reflected in texts. This includes study and use of the language of texts, consideration …show more content…
Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley, when she was just 19 years old. Published anonymously in 1818, Shelley's name did not appear until the revised third edition, published in 1831. The title of the novel refers to a scientist who learns how to reanimate flesh and creates a being in the likeness of man out of body parts taken from the dead. In modern popular culture, people have tended to refer to the Creature as "Frankenstein" (especially in films since 1931).
Frankenstein is a novel infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic Movement. It was also a warning against the "over-reaching" of modern man and the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in the novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus.
Literary influences
This work can be seen as a critique of the 1st generation Romantic preoccupations, a critique of the power of the creative imagination in response to her husband’s work and the assumptions that underpin it. For Percy Shelley, the imagination offers a way to a new and better world. In poems such as “Ozymandis” and “the Triumph of Life” Mr Shelley attempts to open the human mind and take it beyond its material world, into a world where our previous perceptions are challenged. For him, the imagination holds only promise. Mary Shelly, in response to these assumptions, suggests through her work that the imagination is potentially a dangerous and soul destroying master …show more content…
The novel was conceived and written during an early phase of the Industrial Revolution, at a time of dramatic advances in science and technology. That the creation rebels against its creator can be seen as a warning that the application of science can lead to unintended consequences.
Alchemy was a very popular topic in Shelley's world. In fact, it was becoming an acceptable idea that humanity could infuse the spark of life into a non-living thing (Luigi Galvani's experiments, for example). The scientific world just after the Industrial Revolution was delving into the unknown, and limitless possibilities also caused fear and apprehension for many as to the consequences of such horrific possibilities.
Through the violent contest between repression and liberation themes of modern industrial society are