Today's session began with a consideration of the gothic tradition and how the gothic text represents what it is to be human. An understanding of how our exam texts link to the gothic tradition is an essential feature of the course. The last homework attempted to encourage students to produce written work that considered Shelley's novel in the context of the gothic literary tradition.
The session then waddled into a consideration of the relationship between Victor and Elizabeth. Class discussion was good but I do feel that textual reference needs to be more precise.
HOMEWORK: Students need to read the text. The focus of the reading should be the final section of the novel. I want to have a broad but detailed class discussion on Friday and this homework will determine the quality of class discussion. I would like to discuss:
- Shelley's aim when presenting the relationship between Liz and Vic
- Why Shelley does not conclude the novel with a judgemental comment from Walton
- The significance of Language, Form and Structure
- The themes being explored by Shelley
- The novel as a gothic text.
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