Topic: FRENKENSTEIN AS A GOTHIC AND SCIENTIFIC FICTION.

Name : Gohil Binkalba Semenster: 2Roll no : 11 enrollment no : 2069108420170010Email id :

Binkalbagohil1995gmail.comYear : 2016/17Submitted to : Department of English M.K.B.U.BHAV,UNIVERSITY

Who was Frankenstein?Frankenstein; or,

The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque but sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

Frankenstein as a gothic fiction?What is gothic Fiction?

Gothic fiction, which is largely known by the subgenre of Gothic horror, is a genre or mode of literature and film that combines fiction and horror, death, and at times romance.

Frankenstein is considered a Gothic novel due to the presence of evil, mystery, supernatural, dark aspects of life and the romanticism associated to the Goth genre. Frankenstein is considered to be the first science fiction novel fused with supernatural terror. What_is_Gothic_Literature...1.webm

What are the elements of Gothic literature?

Here is a list of some common elements found in Gothic novels:

Gloomy, decaying setting (haunted houses or castles with secret passages, trapdoors, and other mysterious architecture)

Supernatural beings or monsters (ghosts, vampires, zombies, giants)

Curses or prophecies.Damsels in distress.Heroes.Romance.

Frankenstein a science fiction Novel?

Mary Shelley's best-known book is Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818, revised 1831), a text that is part Gothic novel and part philosophical novel; it is also often considered an early example of science fiction.

What is the setting of Frankenstein?

But the brunt of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein takes place in Europe. Victor Frankenstein is born in Italy; raised in Geneva, Switzerland; and then goes to Ingolstadt, Germany, for his studies - and that's where he creates the monster.

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