Monsters are commonly stereotyped as horrible and grotesque creatures. But in Frankenstein and The Island of Doctor Moreau, Shelly and Wells both delineate some complicated but meaningful monster characters. These mon...Monsters are commonly stereotyped as horrible and grotesque creatures. But in Frankenstein and The Island of Doctor Moreau, Shelly and Wells both delineate some complicated but meaningful monster characters. These monsters’ features and natures represent their creator’s intention and purpose. In both texts, monsters are ugly but benevolent, while their creators are eccentric and monstrous. The relationship between men and monsters allows us to view the definition of humanity from a more critical and objective perspective.展开更多
Men struggle for human betterment for over thousands of years.In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,there are many heroes who struggle for human betterment,such as Frankenstein,the Modern Prometheus,Walton,and even the mons...Men struggle for human betterment for over thousands of years.In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,there are many heroes who struggle for human betterment,such as Frankenstein,the Modern Prometheus,Walton,and even the monster,etc.The better we live today the higher aims we want to reach in the future.In this Gothic novel,Mary Shelley shows her idea of the creation of life and the consequence of it.Some of her descriptions reflect her opinion.展开更多
In the late 18th century and the beginning of 19th century,there appeared an important literary trend named Gothic as a part of Romanism.Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley(1797-1851) is a famous novelist of the Romant...In the late 18th century and the beginning of 19th century,there appeared an important literary trend named Gothic as a part of Romanism.Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley(1797-1851) is a famous novelist of the Romantic period.Her masterpiece,Franken stein,is considered one of the best Gothic novels as well as the first science fiction in the modern sense.My thesis is engaged in the study of this work from psychological perspectives:that is the fear of desolation and irrational human ambition.Frankenstein not only adopted the traditional Gothic elements but also modified and added new ones.Thus it yields a great influence on the successive literature.展开更多
This paper analyses the three main female characters in Frankenstein from feminism.Their miserable fortunes and experiences demonstrate their oppression under patriarchy ideology.However,as suppressed object and vulne...This paper analyses the three main female characters in Frankenstein from feminism.Their miserable fortunes and experiences demonstrate their oppression under patriarchy ideology.However,as suppressed object and vulnerable group,they exert great influence on males and their family,even determine their destinies.Female's power in patriarchal society is stressed.展开更多
In the novel Frankenstein, the creature “monster” has no name. He is called “monster” and “devil” since he wascreated. This paper explores the lack of monster’s identity, tracing monster’s identity chasing jou...In the novel Frankenstein, the creature “monster” has no name. He is called “monster” and “devil” since he wascreated. This paper explores the lack of monster’s identity, tracing monster’s identity chasing journey, to figure outlacking proper identity’s impact on the monster. From the analysis of monster’s identity, people are reminded toreconsider their responsibility and stereotypes when communicating with others.展开更多
Mary Shelley, a British famous female writer in the 19th century, wrote Frankenstein in 1818, which was regarded as a noted classic gothic fiction. The gothic style enriches the connotation of the novel and endows her...Mary Shelley, a British famous female writer in the 19th century, wrote Frankenstein in 1818, which was regarded as a noted classic gothic fiction. The gothic style enriches the connotation of the novel and endows her works with a mysterious sublimity in such a way as to carry gothic novels into a new stage of development. This article attempts to analyze the gothic sublime of Frankenstein commencing from sublime theories of Longinus, Burke and Kant and the definition of he father of gothic novels Horace Walpole＇s ＂gothic＂. The study finds that the gothic sublime of Frankenstein is mainly embodied in three aspects as ugliness, the production of the monster and the torture by an endless terror展开更多
Frankenstein;or,The Modern Prometheus is Mary Shelley’s masterpiece published in 1818.Since the novel’s publica⁃tion,it has been adapted to produce a number of films which enjoyed great popularity.This article mainl...Frankenstein;or,The Modern Prometheus is Mary Shelley’s masterpiece published in 1818.Since the novel’s publica⁃tion,it has been adapted to produce a number of films which enjoyed great popularity.This article mainly focuses on the differenc⁃es between the book Frankenstein and the movie Victor Frankenstein in order to study the meaning and value of these changes in the movie.展开更多
Frankenstein is the representative work of Mary Shelley. In this work, there are three main characters: Victor Frankenstein, the Creature and Walton. This essay will explore the variety of meaning of the three main ch...Frankenstein is the representative work of Mary Shelley. In this work, there are three main characters: Victor Frankenstein, the Creature and Walton. This essay will explore the variety of meaning of the three main characters in this novel.展开更多
The expression ＂My Hideous Progeny＂ is widely known to be taken from Mary Shelley＇s preface to the revised edition of Frankenstein （1831）, in which she wrote, of the novel itself and of its creature, Frankenstein...The expression ＂My Hideous Progeny＂ is widely known to be taken from Mary Shelley＇s preface to the revised edition of Frankenstein （1831）, in which she wrote, of the novel itself and of its creature, Frankenstein＇s monster. This paper argues that, if the monster is seen not only as the product of Frankenstein＇s workshop of filthy creation, but also as the child from whom Frankenstein as parent recoils in horror; the works of Kiki Smith, Abigail Lane, and Cindy Sherman, created out of body parts, may also be considered hideous progenies of female creativity. Like Mary Shelley＇s gothic novel, the body, in the work of these three women artists, is not only the raw material of their art, but also the screen on which we project our bad dreams. Through the art of Smith, Lane, and Sherman, we can certainly feel the shudder of body horror that ripples through the Gothic canon from Frankenstein, whose manmade monster＇s yellow skin barely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath. Departing from their artistic examples, we will be able to perceive how the monstrous feminine in contemporary art can be grounded in a very famous hallmark work of Gothic literature.展开更多
Ahmed Al-Sadawi is the first Iraqi writer to win the seventh International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his novel Frankenstein in Baghdad.Previously,novels about the Iraq war were written mainly by Americans,the works...Ahmed Al-Sadawi is the first Iraqi writer to win the seventh International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his novel Frankenstein in Baghdad.Previously,novels about the Iraq war were written mainly by Americans,the works categorized as“post 9·11 literature.”Ahmed transforms Western image Frankenstein into Baghdad Frankenstein to denounce hegemonism,terrorism and sectarianism.The Baghdad monster and its maker related to the book title have been widely discussed.However,the“mad”woman Elishva has been overlooked while her story line is equally ingenious and important.Focused on Elishva,an old woman who waits for her son to return for over twenty years but suddenly leaves within a day,this paper explains her choices and the reasons why Ahmed arranges such a character and destiny.In this way,this paper explores the truth about religion through the recurring religious picture in the novel and the truth about body by means of Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology of perception,with the purpose to display the novel’s artistical condemnation of the destructiveness of war.In the end of this paper Elishva-centering community of shared destiny will be discussed to stress her true nature and others’false attitude toward violence-invaded life.展开更多
In the novel Frankenstein,Mary Shelly created a scientist Frankenstein who can create creatures like God.This thesis makes a comparison between God and Frankenstein,especially it analyzes their differences so that the...In the novel Frankenstein,Mary Shelly created a scientist Frankenstein who can create creatures like God.This thesis makes a comparison between God and Frankenstein,especially it analyzes their differences so that the readers could understand the novel much better.展开更多
Frankenstein,as the first science fiction in the world,mainly talks about the life of a young scientist,Victor Frankenstein,how he created the monster and how the monster destroyed his life.In the novel,love existed i...Frankenstein,as the first science fiction in the world,mainly talks about the life of a young scientist,Victor Frankenstein,how he created the monster and how the monster destroyed his life.In the novel,love existed in everyone’s heart including the monster.On the other side,hate also existed in the characters in the novel.Love and hate were described in the novel,and at last love was more powerful than hate and overcome hate.展开更多
The lure of Alpine landscapes in Shelley’s Frankenstein has attracted an increasing number of ecocritics,such as wellknown Bill Phillips and Helena Feder into this growing field of study.Both Phillips and Feder highl...The lure of Alpine landscapes in Shelley’s Frankenstein has attracted an increasing number of ecocritics,such as wellknown Bill Phillips and Helena Feder into this growing field of study.Both Phillips and Feder highlight the significance of the natural environment in terms of understanding literary and cultural texts.They actively argue for an interconnected relationship between Shelley’s creation and the natural environment at that time.The project of this essay chiefly focuses on the similarities in the articles of these two academics from the perspective of ecocriticism and how they relate to each other.Following this,I will discuss the differences between the two articles concerning the consideration of environmental conditions of the novel’s produc tion.Finally,the viewpoints of the two articles and its attempt to reshape perceptions and attitudes towards the present environ mental crisis will be further explored and discussed in this essay.展开更多
文摘Monsters are commonly stereotyped as horrible and grotesque creatures. But in Frankenstein and The Island of Doctor Moreau, Shelly and Wells both delineate some complicated but meaningful monster characters. These monsters’ features and natures represent their creator’s intention and purpose. In both texts, monsters are ugly but benevolent, while their creators are eccentric and monstrous. The relationship between men and monsters allows us to view the definition of humanity from a more critical and objective perspective.
文摘Men struggle for human betterment for over thousands of years.In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,there are many heroes who struggle for human betterment,such as Frankenstein,the Modern Prometheus,Walton,and even the monster,etc.The better we live today the higher aims we want to reach in the future.In this Gothic novel,Mary Shelley shows her idea of the creation of life and the consequence of it.Some of her descriptions reflect her opinion.
文摘In the late 18th century and the beginning of 19th century,there appeared an important literary trend named Gothic as a part of Romanism.Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley(1797-1851) is a famous novelist of the Romantic period.Her masterpiece,Franken stein,is considered one of the best Gothic novels as well as the first science fiction in the modern sense.My thesis is engaged in the study of this work from psychological perspectives:that is the fear of desolation and irrational human ambition.Frankenstein not only adopted the traditional Gothic elements but also modified and added new ones.Thus it yields a great influence on the successive literature.
文摘This paper analyses the three main female characters in Frankenstein from feminism.Their miserable fortunes and experiences demonstrate their oppression under patriarchy ideology.However,as suppressed object and vulnerable group,they exert great influence on males and their family,even determine their destinies.Female's power in patriarchal society is stressed.
文摘In the novel Frankenstein, the creature “monster” has no name. He is called “monster” and “devil” since he wascreated. This paper explores the lack of monster’s identity, tracing monster’s identity chasing journey, to figure outlacking proper identity’s impact on the monster. From the analysis of monster’s identity, people are reminded toreconsider their responsibility and stereotypes when communicating with others.
文摘Mary Shelley, a British famous female writer in the 19th century, wrote Frankenstein in 1818, which was regarded as a noted classic gothic fiction. The gothic style enriches the connotation of the novel and endows her works with a mysterious sublimity in such a way as to carry gothic novels into a new stage of development. This article attempts to analyze the gothic sublime of Frankenstein commencing from sublime theories of Longinus, Burke and Kant and the definition of he father of gothic novels Horace Walpole＇s ＂gothic＂. The study finds that the gothic sublime of Frankenstein is mainly embodied in three aspects as ugliness, the production of the monster and the torture by an endless terror
文摘Frankenstein;or,The Modern Prometheus is Mary Shelley’s masterpiece published in 1818.Since the novel’s publica⁃tion,it has been adapted to produce a number of films which enjoyed great popularity.This article mainly focuses on the differenc⁃es between the book Frankenstein and the movie Victor Frankenstein in order to study the meaning and value of these changes in the movie.
文摘Frankenstein is the representative work of Mary Shelley. In this work, there are three main characters: Victor Frankenstein, the Creature and Walton. This essay will explore the variety of meaning of the three main characters in this novel.
文摘The expression ＂My Hideous Progeny＂ is widely known to be taken from Mary Shelley＇s preface to the revised edition of Frankenstein （1831）, in which she wrote, of the novel itself and of its creature, Frankenstein＇s monster. This paper argues that, if the monster is seen not only as the product of Frankenstein＇s workshop of filthy creation, but also as the child from whom Frankenstein as parent recoils in horror; the works of Kiki Smith, Abigail Lane, and Cindy Sherman, created out of body parts, may also be considered hideous progenies of female creativity. Like Mary Shelley＇s gothic novel, the body, in the work of these three women artists, is not only the raw material of their art, but also the screen on which we project our bad dreams. Through the art of Smith, Lane, and Sherman, we can certainly feel the shudder of body horror that ripples through the Gothic canon from Frankenstein, whose manmade monster＇s yellow skin barely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath. Departing from their artistic examples, we will be able to perceive how the monstrous feminine in contemporary art can be grounded in a very famous hallmark work of Gothic literature.
文摘Ahmed Al-Sadawi is the first Iraqi writer to win the seventh International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his novel Frankenstein in Baghdad.Previously,novels about the Iraq war were written mainly by Americans,the works categorized as“post 9·11 literature.”Ahmed transforms Western image Frankenstein into Baghdad Frankenstein to denounce hegemonism,terrorism and sectarianism.The Baghdad monster and its maker related to the book title have been widely discussed.However,the“mad”woman Elishva has been overlooked while her story line is equally ingenious and important.Focused on Elishva,an old woman who waits for her son to return for over twenty years but suddenly leaves within a day,this paper explains her choices and the reasons why Ahmed arranges such a character and destiny.In this way,this paper explores the truth about religion through the recurring religious picture in the novel and the truth about body by means of Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology of perception,with the purpose to display the novel’s artistical condemnation of the destructiveness of war.In the end of this paper Elishva-centering community of shared destiny will be discussed to stress her true nature and others’false attitude toward violence-invaded life.
文摘In the novel Frankenstein,Mary Shelly created a scientist Frankenstein who can create creatures like God.This thesis makes a comparison between God and Frankenstein,especially it analyzes their differences so that the readers could understand the novel much better.
文摘Frankenstein,as the first science fiction in the world,mainly talks about the life of a young scientist,Victor Frankenstein,how he created the monster and how the monster destroyed his life.In the novel,love existed in everyone’s heart including the monster.On the other side,hate also existed in the characters in the novel.Love and hate were described in the novel,and at last love was more powerful than hate and overcome hate.
文摘The lure of Alpine landscapes in Shelley’s Frankenstein has attracted an increasing number of ecocritics,such as wellknown Bill Phillips and Helena Feder into this growing field of study.Both Phillips and Feder highlight the significance of the natural environment in terms of understanding literary and cultural texts.They actively argue for an interconnected relationship between Shelley’s creation and the natural environment at that time.The project of this essay chiefly focuses on the similarities in the articles of these two academics from the perspective of ecocriticism and how they relate to each other.Following this,I will discuss the differences between the two articles concerning the consideration of environmental conditions of the novel’s produc tion.Finally,the viewpoints of the two articles and its attempt to reshape perceptions and attitudes towards the present environ mental crisis will be further explored and discussed in this essay.
