Frankenstein   
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 Frankenstein  Intro Lecture
      FrankensteinIntroLecture.doc (27 Kb) 

       Some context for Mary Shelley, Gothic Lit and Romanticism
      Mary Shelley and her book Frankenstein can be examined using several 
      contexts.doc (49.5 Kb) 

       Frankenstein PPT
      frankenstein.ppt (709 Kb) 

       Some questions to guide your reading
      FrankensteinQuestions.pdf (55.99 Kb) 
      We will use these questions to guide our discussion of the whole novel, 
      beginning Feb. 3.

   1.    First Frankenstein Assignment
      After you read the book, and review the material in this folder, send me 
      an email with at two (2) comments or questions to raise in discussion 
      during class. What issues does the book raise in your mind? What do you 
      want to know about the science and history behind this book? What moral 
      dilemmas do you uncover in the book? What do you think about the main 
      characters? The lesser characters? Any of these types of issues will do 
      for you to focus on in your response.

      As with all weekly assignments, this counts toward your participation 
      grade. I would like this submitted to me no later than late Sunday 
evening.

   2.    Second Frankenstein Assignment
      This assignment is due no later than Feb 6 (the Friday after we begin 
      discussion Frankenstein).

      Write a character analysis of one main character and one supporting 
      character in Frankenstein. Your analysis should be about 200 words for 
      each character, or 400 words total.  Explain why the character is a main 
      character (round? dynamic?) and what you know about the character after 
      reading the book. What motivates the character to behave as he or she 
      does? How does the character change over the course of the story, and why?

      For the secondary character, analyze his or her role in the book: what is 
      he or she there to do in terms of making a main character's actions or 
      thoughts or feelings make sense? How does he or she contribute to making 
      the setting realistic, or in advancing the plot, or in creating a thematic 
      element in the story?

      Email your assignment to me as an attachment in Microsoft Word 
      (.doc/.docx) or as a Rich Text Format file (.rtf).

  3.     I will post a quiz on the lecture material here Jan 29
      You will have until Tuesday before class to complete the quiz. I will post 
      another quiz after our class discussion and that quiz will focus on the 
      novel itself. So, quiz one = lecture and ppt info, and quiz two = the 
      novel itself.