Parabolas of Science Fiction 1.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English LiteratureFrankensteinUniversityNone Created by: emmythenotsogreat2014Created on: 21-05-14 15:51 Parabolas of Science Fiction Brian Atterbery 1 of 17 Mary Shelley transformed the philosophical Gothic into the Romantic Gothic 2 of 17 Icons are powerful images but they remain images until they are incorporated into stories 3 of 17 An engagement in the myth of creation Paradise Lost is mentioned 4 of 17 Topois of the genre the mad scientist, the failed experiment, and queer family of man 5 of 17 Victor Frankenstein possibly first modern mad scientist unlike Faust, he dealt in secular realms 6 of 17 The realm of Frankenstein's desire is not religious realm.. ..but in secular realm of professional career 7 of 17 Frankenstein - secular version of Faust, also of Judeo-Christian myth his failure is a secular version of the Fall 8 of 17 Where do we place the blame for the Fall? Blasphemy of the experminent? equivalent of taking a bite from tree of knowledge? Creature abandoning creation? 9 of 17 The novel points towards a fundamental flaw/ imbalanced flaw lodged in humanity itself 10 of 17 The impossibility of attaining socially recognised status as a person is what ultimately drives creature into the wilderness 11 of 17 The creature nullifies his singularity in the North Pole 12 of 17 The plot explores the institutional framework in the plot of education and the professional career 13 of 17 Atmosphere of anxiety reigns over plot mainly comes from repression of natural sexual reproduction 14 of 17 "circumvention of the maternal" Margaret Homans 15 of 17 Frankenstein remains tragically caught between the unnatural that his will upon the world of things, and 'natural' that dictate engagement to Elizabeth 16 of 17 Victor's sister-like relationship to Elizabeth casts her into role of Eve the gift-companioned fashioned for original person - the male 17 of 17
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