ENG 3014 Spring 2022 Pascoe

We will use Mary Shelley’s nightmare story as a testing ground for literary theory and literary criticism. Shelley’s Frankenstein has inspired a proliferation of creative works (films, comic books, novels), but also a broad array of critical responses. We’ll read influential works of critical theory (including those of Claudia Rankine, Immanuel Kant, Mary Wollstonecraft, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, and Judith Butler) and explore how these thinkers’ ideas enrich our understanding of Shelley’s iconic novel. Grades will be based on class preparation and participation, quizzes, reading notes, and short papers.

This course meets a core requirements for LMC majors.