"The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine. Curiosity, earnest research to learn the hidden laws of nature, gladness akin to rapture, as they were unfolded to me, are among the earliest sensations I can remember." - Victor Frankenstein
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Overarching Thematic Focus for This Reading
The Nemesis of Mimesis: Control and Creation
Read-Aloud Passages for Socratic Seminar Days:
Reading Schedule:
- For Socratic Seminar #1 = Chapters 1 through 4
- For Socratic Seminar #2 = Chapters 5 through 8
- For Socratic Seminar #3 = Chapters 9 through 13
- For Socratic Seminar #4 = Chapters 14 through 18
- For Socratic Seminar #5 = Chapters 19 through 23
- For Socratic Seminar #6 = Chapters 24 through 2828
Notes:
Secondary Sources:
Psycholanalytic Analaysis - "The Monster and the Imaginary Mother: A Lacanian Reading of Frankenstein" (David Collings) | |
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"Paradise Lost" (Milton) | |
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Marxist Analysis: "The Workshop of Filthy Creation" Warren Montag | |
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Feminist Analysis:" Cooped Up: Feminine Domesticity in Frankenstein" Johanna M. Smith | |
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