Lectures in ELL2015S, Romance to Realism, 2007

The lectures offer several differing approaches to Shelley's text: as Gothic novel, as woman's text, and as science fiction novel. I also pay some attention to the novel's exploration of the Promethean myth, and to issues of identity bound up in the novel's interest in Milton's Paradise Lost.

Lecture Schedule

Tuesday 28th August	LECTURE 1: Frankenstein and Gothic literature
Tuesday 4th September	LECTURE 2: Frankenstein as a novel of identity
Tuesday 11th September	No lecture - 10-day vac
Tuesday 18th September	LECTURE 3: Frankenstein as a woman's text
Tuesday 25th September	LECTURE 4: Frankenstein as science fiction text

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