Course curriculum

    1. The link for ebook and audiobook

    2. Session 1 recording

    3. PowerPoint

    1. Information on session 2

    2. Session 2 recording

    3. PowerPoint

    1. Information on session 3

    2. Session 3 recording

    3. PowerPoint

    1. Information on session 4

    2. Session 4 recording

    3. PowerPoint

    1. Session 5 recording

    2. PowerPoint

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About this course

  • £10.00
  • Tutor: Diane, 5 sessions
  • Age: 11+
  • Description: “Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.” Frankenstein was Mary Shelley’s immensely powerful contribution to the ghost stories which she, Percy Shelley and Byron devised one wet summer in Switzerland. Its protagonist is a young student of natural philosophy, who learns the secret of imparting life to a creature constructed from relics of the dead, with horrific consequences. The novel confronts some of the most feared innovations of evolutionism; topics such as degeneracy, hereditary disease and mankind’s status as a species of animal. We will look at the plot, structure and characters in this classic Gothic novel, considering these in the context of the time and the present, as well as the impact that the novel had on society. We will look at the plot, structure and characters in this classic Gothic novel, considering these in the context of the time and the present, as well as the impact that the novel had on society.