Mrs. Bowe’s Edublog

Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley is one of the masterpieces that has influenced Western culture. You can find echoes of the novel throughout culture including the sciences, the arts, pop. culture, and literature.  Who knew that this novel by such a young girl would have such an impact.

Here are some links for you to check out.

http://www.english.upenn.edu/Projects/knarf/contents.html - a list of resources from Univ. of Penn

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/frankenstein/frankhome.html - the National Institute of Health’s exhibit on Frankenstein and its influence on culture

http://www.boutell.com/frankenstein/ - an on-line version of the text

So, here’s an extra credit opportunity for you.  Before the end of the third marking period, watch a film version of Frankenstein - not the Boris Karloff version - we’ll be watching that in class.  Then, create something that demonstrates how the novel and the film differ or perhaps are the same. Go beyond the superficial level of interpretation and look at the implications of the changes on the theme, on society, etc.

These projects could be on-line, visual, auditory, etc.

Update on this page what you are doing and what you are watching - that’s part of getting the extra credit.

Go to the University of Penn’s site for a list of Frankenstein films.

If you are smart enough to check this blog every now and then, you will find your reward now.

This link (http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/concordance/shakespeare/) is a hyper-concordance of Shakespeare’s tragedy - Hamlet. A concordance is a search tool where you can find the occurrence of a word or phrase each time it occurs in a text. This tool will help you with your imagery assignment.

Post to the blog if you tried this source and it helped.

HEY -Here is another AWESOME page about Hamlet. Check out this site for information about your independent play too.  http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/plays/Ham.html

Is there anyone out there? I’ll give you extra credit for posting to this blog this marking period by the way. If you have stumbled across this message, feel free to spread the word, because I won’t. (insert devious English teacher laugh here).

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Here is a handout for those of you who need help identifying what you should be examining in the novels. Go beyond plot! Plot and characterization are the basics. You are advanced.

I’m also attaching a page with the elements of fiction explained and questions about understanding characters. You may use these to help your analysis of the texts.

Main assignment page; “Canterbury Tales” excerpt; “Beowulf” excerpt; A statement on plagiarism; rubric for dialectical notes;I have uploaded the files for the summer reading assignment. Please take careful note of the due dates. Please post comments and questions that you have.

For your study of “Beowulf” and “Canterbury Tales,” you will be researching the structure of the poems and the historical significance. Here are some links to help you. Use information from college sites - not “for profit” study guide sites! Professors and teachers do actually know about literature.

http://www.heorot.dk/beo-links.html

http://english.edgewood.edu/430/430resc.htm