Genre Study | Political Satire | Absalom and AchitophelDilip Barad
This presentation deal with Absalom and Achitophel as political satire. In the prologue, "To the Reader", Dryden states that "the true end of satire is the amendment of vices by correction".
Genre Study | Political Satire | Absalom and AchitophelDilip Barad
This presentation deal with Absalom and Achitophel as political satire. In the prologue, "To the Reader", Dryden states that "the true end of satire is the amendment of vices by correction".
18th 2012.
The session at Window on America center Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) was dedicated to the 205th anniversary of the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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Lecture Outline
LECTURE 1: Frankenstein and Gothic literature
The problem of lecturing Frankenstein
The pervasiveness of the Frankenstein myth in 20th-century culture (especially in film; see
Terminator, The Incredible Hulk); the overwriting of the novel with its mythic refiguration.
Origins: the Jewish myth of the golem.
The appropriation of Mary Shelley by feminist criticism.
The social context
The historical context to the nineteenth century, as a time very aware of upheaval and change.
Important factors include:
- the French Revolution, and its effect on notions of class and identity;
- Darwinism and his effect on religious thought;
- the Industrial Revolution, with its ambivalence towards technology as both exciting and
dangerous, and its profound effect on social class with the possibility for acquired rather than
inherited wealth;
- Colonialism, and the British Empire's expanding wealth and influence;
- the influence of Romanticism as a unified intellectual movement.
Gothic literature and Romanticism
Neo-classicism and the Romantic reaction against social order and rationality.
Gothicism as a lunatic fringe version of Romanticism's celebration of the emotional (terror as the
most extreme form of emotion)
Common themes: Nature, the emotions, the exotic, medieval nostalgia, a celebration of the self.
The Gothic novel
The function of Gothic as a cult literature of the late 18th and early 19th century
A popular, romance form - stylised, non-realistic, idealised, with an adventure format
Gothic as an extreme form of romance - the imagination run wild.
The implications of Gothic as mostly a pulp genre, the equivalent of the modern horror movie.
Jane Austen's parody in Northanger Abbey of the titillation of the "horrid".
Some characteristics of Gothic
MELODRAMA - stereotype, moral polarisation, one-dimensionality, excess.
EXOTICISM - wild/remote locations, other cultures such as the Oriental.
TRANSGRESSION - fear of barbarism, of unleashing human passion beyond social constraings.
Gothic's operation as a literature of the unconscious, of transgressive desires.
ALIENATION - the genre's interest in identity and subjectivity, but of an alienated self, set apart
from society.
LECTURE 2: Frankenstein as a novel of identity
Romanticism and selfhood
Shelley's position firmly within the Romantic movement
The importance of the Romantic emphasis on the self as distinct from society
The exaggeration of Romance's sense of individuality into alienation in gothic.
Selfhood as a process of deliberate artistic construction.
The distinction between the physical and spiritual selves.
The family in Frankenstein
The family as a representation of society.
Physical and metaphorical orphans: the theme of alienation from the family.
Excessive reactions against alienation: the theme of incest.
The influence of Milton's Paradise Lost
...
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2. Mary Shelley’s background
(August 30, 1797-February 1, 1851)
Mother: Mary Wollstonecraft
A famous author who died 11 days after
giving birth to Mary. She wrote A
Vindication of the Rights of Women
(1792) which advocated that women
should have the same educational
opportunities as rights in society as
men.
Father: William Godwin
A famous 19th century philosopher who
believed in the rights of the individual.
3. Shelley’s marriage
At 15 years of age Mary
met her future husband
Percy Bysshe Shelley, a
disciple of William Godwin
and a famous poet.
Despite being previously
married to another woman,
Percy
Bysshe
Shelley
convinces Mary to elope
with him in France when
she was 17.
4. The Making of Frankenstein
On 19 March 1815 Shelley
recorded in her journal,
after the death of her first
child: "Dream that my little
baby came to life again-that it had only been cold
& that we rubbed it before
the fire & it lived."
5. Byron’s Challenge
In the summer of 1816, Percy
and Mary visit Lord Byron’s estate
in France.
The summer of 1816 had fall-like
weather because a massive
volcano in Indonesia spewed
ash around the world.
Because of the gloomy weather,
Byron issued a challenge to his
guests to create the best horror
story.
6. The Publishing of
Frankenstein
At Byron’s estate, Mary has a dream about a man who plans to bring
life to the dead.
She turns her idea into a story and is encouraged by her husband to
turn the story into a novel.
In 1818, Shelley publishes the novel at the age of 19.
7. Historical Context
It is set in the latter part of the 18th century, at the end of the Enlightenment
and the beginning of the Romantic period.
It criticizes the excesses of the Enlightenment and introduces the beliefs of
the Romantics.
Reflects a shift in social and political thought – from humans as creatures
who use science and reason to shape and control their destiny
(Enlightenment) to humans as creatures who rely on their emotions to
determine what is right (Romanticism).
8. Social and political thought
Enlightenment
Romanticism
Scientific observation of the outer
world
Fascination with nature; perception of
nature as transformative
Logic and reason; science and
technology
Emphasis on imagination and emotion,
individual passion and inspiration
Believed in following standards
and traditions
Appreciated elegance and
refinement
Rejection of formal, upper class works.
Preference for writing (poetry) that
addresses personal experiences and
emotions in simple language
Interested in maintaining the
aristocracy
Belief in individual liberty; rebellious
attitude against tyranny
Sought to follow and validate
authority
Concerned with common people
Favored a social hierarchy
Nature should be controlled by
humans
Favored democracy
Desired radical change
Nature should be untamed, wild, free.
9. Style: Gothic Novel
Frankenstein is generally categorized as a Gothic novel, a
genre of fiction that uses gloomy (dark) settings and
supernatural events to create and atmosphere of mystery
and terror.
Shelley adds to her development of the plot the use of
psychological realism, delving into the psyches of the
characters in an attempt to explain why they react as they
do and what drives them to make their decisions.
10. The Title of the Novel
The
name
“Frankenstein”
originates
not
from
the
Creature, but the Creator,
Victor Frankenstein.
Victor, like Shelley, suffers the
loss of many loved ones at an
early age.
He creates his creature as a
way to bring back the dead.
11. The Modern Prometheus
Mary Shelley’s subtitle for Frankenstein is
“The Modern Prometheus”
In Greek Mythology, the titan Prometheus
stole fire from the sun and gave it to
humanity.
This angered the Greek god Zeus who did
not want humans to control fire.
He was punished by being chained to a
lake while an eagle would feast on his
liver.
The Prometheus Myth has become a
metaphor of what happens when humans
get a hold of something they cannot
control and reach beyond their ability.
12. Major Characters
Victor
Frankenstein
–
protagonist, product of an
idealistic
Enlightenment
education; fueled by possibilities
of science and a desire for
acclaim; becomes obsessed
with creating life from spare
body parts. Rational demeanor
dissolves and by story’s end,
consumed by primitive emotions
of fear and hatred.
13. Major Characters
The Creature - never named;
is Victor’s alter ego (a second
personality);
Creature
rationally analyzes the society
that rejects him; sympathetic
character, admires people
and wants to be a part of
human society; only results in
violence
when
he
is
repeatedly rejected
14. Major Characters
Henry
Clerval
–
Victor’s
childhood friend; true romantic,
wants to leave mark on the
world, but never loses sight of
“the moral relations of things:
Elizabeth – adopted as an infant
by Victor’s family; marries Victor
Robert Walton – Arctic explorer
who’s obsessed with gaining
knowledge and fame; rescues
Victor in the Arctic; tells the story
16. Themes
Consequences of irresponsibility in the pursuit of knowledge
Consequences of pride
Consequences of society’s rejection of someone who is
unattractive
Destructive power of revenge
Parent-child conflicts
Sympathy
