S. B. GARDI DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
M.K.BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY
PREPARED BY: GOHIL. DEVIKABA. J ROLL NO. : 05
COURSE NO.:05COURSE NAME: THE ROMANTIC
L ITERATURETOPIC NAME: FRANKENSTEIN AS A
ROMANTIC NOVEL ENROLMENT NO. : PG14101015
BRIEF INTRODUCTION:
•The first half of the 19th century is
recorded as the ‘Romantic Age’.
•The age is measured by the two great
event; that were i) The French Revolution
and ii) The publication of the Lyrical
Ballads.
SOMETHING ABOUT MARRY SHELLEY:
• Mary Wollstonecraft
Shelley was an English
novelist, short story
writer, dramatist, essayist,
biographer, and travel
writer.
• She is best known for her
Gothic novel Frankenstein
(The Modern
Prometheus )– 1818.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE NOVEL:• Frankenstein is infused with
elements of the Gothic novel
and the Romantic movement
and is also considered to be
one of the earliest examples
of science fiction.
• ‘Frankenstein’ is the story of
a scientist named Victor
Frankenstein, who creates
an odd but sentient creature
in an unorthodox scientific
experiment.
Characteristics of the Romantic Age
Age of
Symbolism
Individualis
m
Imaginatio
n
Supernatur
al power
s
APPLYING THE CHARACTERISTICS:
APPLYING THE CHARACTERISTICS:
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