ENG 212 - Reading Frankenstein

Course unit(s): 1
Meets GAR: Meets general academic requirements HU and W.
Students will examine the three distinct versions of Mary Shelley’s novel (1818, 1823, 1831), read selected criticism and biographical material, and then focus on various literary, film, and theatrical adaptations, including H.G. Wells’ The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), Lynd Ward’s woodcut adaptation of the novel (1934), the original Boris Karloff film (1931), Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982), and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). The course will begin by examining Frankenstein’s important progenitors: The Book of Genesis, the Pygmalion and Prometheus myths, and selections from Milton’s Paradise Lost. Satisfies Departmental “Drama/Transmedia”, “Prose”, and “Reading X” requirements