Frankenstein

GAPS - the author expects the reader to have prior knowledge, so therefore, it is assumed we already know, we mentally fill the gapSILENCES - the author has purposefully or accidentally left out something or someone to aid in privileging the invited reader➤ Gaps and silences are a critical way of reading a text. By exploring the gaps and silences of a text we are able to come up with different/alternate or resistant readings of a text

IMAGINATIE NARRATIVE1. Orientation2. Complication #13. Complication #24. Climax5. Resolution✮ first or third person perspective ✮

EXAMPLE: Justine Moritz "Giving a Voice"✮ domestic✮ mother✮ sexism➤ Complication #1 - mother dies➤ Complication #2 - believes Victor has created a monster➤ Climax - realizes Victor is the cause of her death➤ Resolution - happy to die and escape patriarchyTone: - dark- cold- depressingTheme:- challenging patriarchy

IMAGINATIVE NARRATIVE STRUCTUREThe purpose of this assignment is to challenge the original narrative by either writing from a different perspective (silence), filling a gap or challenging traditional character representations➤ StructureA narrative comprises of four parts; remember the imaginative genre requires a strong development of tension and suspense throughout. Description should be similar to Mary Shelly; excessive, descriptive and emotionalBefore you begin:a) chose your even that the narrative is based onb) decide what perspective you are writing from (1st or 3rd)★ Suggested Approach ✮Orientation: introduce the character and setting give the narrative a title describe the environment, where the character is located, paying particular attention to sight, smell, feelings begin with a confession by the main character - provide an explanation for why the main character has done what he/she has done which he/she will reveal in the body of the story  Complication: provide details of what has happened to cause a change in usual routine explain the life/experiences of the character in this point in time - provide details of what they think they know/how they feel/what they are going through (you should focus upon this one main idea - if your character wants revenge, explain why; if your character wants to escape, explain why etc. describe what the character must do to achieve their goal (ex. avenge a murder or an escape) and provide details of how they do this (be specific and use description to build tension - keep the reader wanting to continue to read and see if the character receives his/her goal Climax: realization, build tension to a point where the character is on the edge of success/failuredetail, detail, detail - this is extremely important to the climax, d not give away what happens within  few sentences, continue to build suspense Resolution: bring the narrative to a close by reinforcing the ideas touched on in the narrative if you begin the narrative with a confession/explanation you may do the same in the conclusion  if you begin with description of the environment, you may conclude with a detailed description of the room/space that the event has occurred - describe the changes or, you could provide a detailed description of the changed attitude of the character 

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Nature in the Text:➤ The idea of nature is present in the novel in the idea of man conquering nature, or rather nature conquering man. The belief at the time is that man is superior to all beings and man can do as he pleases. At first, Victor is able to overcome the laws of nature by creating life, but as the novel progresses, the monster transforms into something to be feared, revealing the true power of nature and exposing the inabilities and insignificance on man in comparison. Nature, however, is also pictured in a romantic light and is seen as a healing power that can cleanse the soul. Even Victor can beseem waling in nature when feeling depressed or ill, the irony being that these feelings created by the corruption of nature and cured by its presence. ➤  Nature is a dominant theme of the text and it has more than one meaning or application. The most obvious example is when Victor defies and usurps nature through his creation. The natural or traditional ways of creating life is tampered with. As critical readers we must ask what the morality of this is. Think of modern-day examples: stem cell research and defibrillation. Back to the novel, nature is also represented as organic, refreshing and vibrant. Whenever Victor feels ill or depressed he wandered through nature. Its has a restorative effect, it is a healing force. Remember when the Romantics exalted nature; this is an idealogical bias - they deliberately chose to praise nature. They felt that humankind's true essence was being undermined and changed by the Industrial Revolution. As a critical reader you could challenge this and argue that they were anti-progress and anti-technological. 

Idea #1➤ Could serve as foreshadowing for the rest of the novel?★ Orientation: Introduce character and setting➤ Character: Professor M. Krempe (natural philosophy)➤ Setting: (FLASHBACK, starts when M. Krempe meets Victor for the first time and he reminds him of himself) Back in time, when M. Krempe was young and ambitious, about 25 years old (around 1740), at University, also studying the works and ideas of Cornelius Agrippa, Albertus Magnus, Paracelus and William Backhouse➤ Confession: The reason he works so hard to stop Victor is because he was in the same position, only studying alchemy (transforming ordinary metals into gold) and realized what a waste of time it was after spending the majority of his early years devoted to the subject, before realizing his mistake and is now trying to prevent Victor from having the same fate and wasting his full potential as a respected scientist in a viable field, unlike the "mad scientist" he is currently seen as by some★ Complication #1: provide details of what has happened to cause a change in usual routine➤ Starts with M. Krempe as a young university student, a new friend (Anton Kirchweger) introducing him to the study of alchemy and pursuing the subject with him★ Complication #2: provide details of what has happened to cause a change in usual routine➤ M. Krempe becomes obsessed with the idea of transforming the metals into gold and becoming rich, he believes that if he can accomplish this feat he can become the richest man on earth, leading to his ultimate downfall, beginning to have hallucinations, believing Anton is after him and his studies (schizophrenia?)★ Climax: realization, build tension to a point where the character is on the edge of success/failure ➤ M. Krempe kills Anton and after doing so, realizes how the obsession with his study drove him crazy★ Resolution: bring the narrative to a close by reinforcing the ideas touched on in the narrative ➤ (back in present, inside M. Krempe's mind while being introduced to Victor for the first time) pleasantly introduces himself and resolves to do everything he can to draw Victor (a man he believes to have incredible potential and a brilliant mind) away from the same fate as he himself found

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