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Eng. IV Assignments, information
Frankenstein
APE IV due dates, assignments, etc.
Mar. 28 Movie, Gattica or (my choice-- Mary Shelley bio) Begin Frankenstein April 1-Blog April 2 Chapters 1-4, Frankenstein April 3 Chapter 5 and essays in class April 7 Through Chapter 7 April 9 Through Vol II, Chap. I & II April 21 Through Chap. III of VOLUME III Extra credit for your own copy! In-class writing MC practice
APE III due dates and assignments
Arg. Against Nat'l ID Cards, Ques. 3 p. 616, TIA Mar. 24 MC Practice, 5 Steps, p. 247 Mar. 28 Arg. Paper Peer Reviews April 1 April 2-Begin The Things They Carried ACT Prep Course April 4 FINAL DRAFT ARG. PAPER APRIL 7 MAP TESTING April 8-10 TTTC through p 38 April 11 TTTC through p 61 by April 14 APE III TEST MAY 14 Final Book review May
By "romanticism," they don't mean our definition of romantic (like lovey-dovey). Romanticism was an 18th-century movement that led to a certain type of literature, art, and music. It's about strong emotions (particularly horror), herioc isolation of the main character, and the supernatural. Romanticism is an artistic style--which Shelley definitely had.
Yeah, because it is SO not horror. If this was the winning story, I'd like to read the other fluffy bunny and care-bear sunshine stuff that everyone else wrote.
Well, obviously imagination plays a role in Frankenstein (as opposed to reason). What's more imaginative than creating and giving life to a monster?
Nature also played a large role in Frankenstein. As Courtney posted earlier, the weather helped to determine Harold's mood, as well as had a profound effect on Victor. Myth and superstition are also key in Frankenstein.
Victor is an obvious romantic hero. He is an artist--a creator--and is tragically flawed by his own self-centered nature.
I think that emotion rather than reason plays a huge role in the novel with the creation of the monster, the unyeilding pursuit of knowdledge, the happiness, the anger, and what actions are taken becasue of these actions. That is why it is romantic, it is driven by emotion rather than reason, which is pretty stupid to do.
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By "romanticism," they don't mean our definition of romantic (like lovey-dovey). Romanticism was an 18th-century movement that led to a certain type of literature, art, and music. It's about strong emotions (particularly horror), herioc isolation of the main character, and the supernatural. Romanticism is an artistic style--which Shelley definitely had.
Yeah, because it is SO not horror. If this was the winning story, I'd like to read the other fluffy bunny and care-bear sunshine stuff that everyone else wrote.
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/rom.html
Check it out and you tell me what elemts of romanticism YOU see in F-Stein so far...think about Shelley's influences.
Well, obviously imagination plays a role in Frankenstein (as opposed to reason). What's more imaginative than creating and giving life to a monster?
Nature also played a large role in Frankenstein. As Courtney posted earlier, the weather helped to determine Harold's mood, as well as had a profound effect on Victor. Myth and superstition are also key in Frankenstein.
Victor is an obvious romantic hero. He is an artist--a creator--and is tragically flawed by his own self-centered nature.
agreed
Ah, don't just agree.
To Ali's question: making an INTERESTING story about the monster.
I think that emotion rather than reason plays a huge role in the novel with the creation of the monster, the unyeilding pursuit of knowdledge, the happiness, the anger, and what actions are taken becasue of these actions. That is why it is romantic, it is driven by emotion rather than reason, which is pretty stupid to do.
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