This marking period, we will
be reading Mary Shelley’s
Frankenstein.
Literary Terms & Techniques
• Romanticism
• Rationalism
• Enlightenment
• Epistollary Novel
• Feminist Literary Theory
• Psychoanalytic Theory
• Allusion
Skills
• Improving Multiple Choice
• Developing Theme Statements
• Quotation IdentiJications
• Expanding Expository Paragraphs
• Analytical Essay Writing
• Peer Revision
Assessments
• Homework Assignments
• Classwork‐ to be completed in the students’ notebooks
• Quotation IdentiJications
• Expository Paragraphs
• Analytical Essay discussing the use of a literary technique in Frankentstein
Supplementary Texts
• “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
• “Ode to the West Wind”
• Excerpts from “Vindication of the Rights of Woman”
• “Lines composed upon Westminster Bridge”
Week One Dec. 1 5
• Rationalism v. Romanticism
• The Romantic novel v. The Gothic novel
• Historical Background: Mary Shelley & the Enlightenment
Week Two Dec. 812
• How is Waldman a catalyst for Frankenstein’s experiments?
• Tragic Flaws in Frankenstein
• Science v. Nature
Week Three Dec. 1519
• Symbols in Frankenstein
• Is Frankenstein guilty of William’s murder?
• Biblical allusion in Frankenstein
Week Four Dec. 22 23
• The Creature’s upbringing
• Blindness as a symbol
Week Five Jan. 59
• The SigniJicance of the Creature’s three books
• Comparing the childhoods of Victor and the Creature
• Feminism in Frankenstein
• Mary Wollstonecraft: How she inJluenced Mary
Shelley
Week Six Jan 1216
• Why didn’t Victor create a female monster?
• How does the Creature behave as Victor’s “Id”?
• Who is Responsible for the murders in Frankenstein?
• How do Walton’s goals parallel Victor’s?
Week Seven Jan. 2024
• What is ironic about the desires of the Creature and Victor?
• Final Exam
Sunday, November 30, 2008
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