1. Lesson 15: Contemporary Renditions of the Frankenstein Myth - SE
Draft by: Jason Grant McKahan
and Dr. Kay Picart
Edited by: Dr. Kay Picart, Donna Gallagher, and Kristen Millen
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2. Introduction
The aim of this lecture is to focus on the treatment of the Frankenstein myth in more recent films, Frankenstein 1970 (Koch 1958) and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Branagh 1994).
In specific, we aim to examine how these films illustrate the changing visualization and narration of the myth.
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3. Characters or caricatures?
Which characters are caricatures or parodies of Frankenstein films?
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4. German Nazis and the Cold War Era (2)
Which “racially” coded Germanic characters are also coded as Nazis?
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5. German Nazis and the Cold War Era (7)
Where do Cold War references appear and which “shadow” do they represent?
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6. Monstrosity (3) How is the baron depicted as monstrous?
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7. Female-as-monstrous
Which character occupies the position of the female-as-monstrous?
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8. Parthenogenesis
How does the film itself correlate with the baron’s practice of male self-birthing?
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9. Gender in the 1990s
How does the revision of the original novel in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein try to equalize gender relations between Victor and Elizabeth?
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10. Parthenogenesis
How does Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein portray parthenogenesis?
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11. Female-as-monstrous
How does Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein portray the female-as-monstrous?
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