This presentation was given as the semester-end presentation on the Narrative Technique of The Novel "Frankenstein" for the paper 'Literature of Romantics 103' in the M.A. English Semester 1

1. Narrative Technique
of the Novel
Frankenstein

2. Introduction
Name: Ghanshyam Katariya
Roll No:10
Paper No: 103
Paper Name: Literature of the Romantics
Topic: Narrative Technique of Frankenstein
Submitted At: Smt. S. B. Gardi. Department of English
Email ID: gkatariya67@gmail.com

3. Content
1. Frankenstein OR Modern Prometheus
1. Box Within Box
1. Peeling the Onions
1. Effect of Narration
1. Example

4. Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus
● Mary Shelley wrote the novel
Frankenstein in 1818.
● Shelley tells her Frankenstein story
through the letters of a ship
captain to his sister, and when we
haven’t gotten enough perspective,
the Creature actually sits
Frankenstein down to tell him what
he’s been up to. (Flaherty)

5. ● The complex structure of
Frankenstein involves framed
or embedded narratives,
which has been called a
Chinese box structure of
stories within stories.
● The narratives, rather than
being complete and whole in
themselves, are (Frame
Narrative) interrelated and
independent.(Sarkar)
The Box-within-box
Or The Chinese Box

6. Peeling the onion
The multi-layered nature
of the novel is perhaps
best tackled by peeling
each skin back to reveal
the story beneath, rather
like peeling an
onion.(Asquith)

7. Ambition Madness
Effect of Narration
The narrative style additionally serves to invite us to
look for echoes and parallels which link the stories
together and simultaneously to identify differences between
the three characters.(Sarkar)

8. Example
● The Movie Asuran(Vetrimaaran) have
three different parts of story
narrated in framed narration.

9. Works Cited
Asquith, Mark. “The framing of Frankenstein: Mark Asquith explores the unusual narrative techniques in
Mary Shelley's novel.” The English Review, vol. 13, no. 4, 2003.
Flaherty, Devon Trevarrow. “Book Review: Frankenstein; or, the Modern Day Prometheus.” the starving
artist, 14 November 2020, https://devontrevarrowflaherty.com/2020/11/14/book-review-
frankenstein-or-the-modern-day-prometheus/. Accessed 17 October 2022.
Sarkar, Somnath. “Narrative Techniques in Frankenstein | Narrative Structure in Frankenstein.” All
About English Literature, 23 April 2022, https://www.eng-literature.com/2022/04/narrative-
techniques-in-frankenstein.html. Accessed 17 October 2022.
Vetrimaaran, director. Asuran. V Creations, 2019.

10. Thank You