Lecture notes and thoughts on "Frankenstein" (both the 1931 Film Version and Shelley's Novel) and also Gothic theory

Lecture Notes on "Frankenstein" and the Gothic - Generally features strong elements of the supernatural, psychotic, sexually perverse or a combination of all three. - Gothic usually featured dark, brooding setting: Damziels in distress. - When Shelley wrote "Frankenstein" Gothic had gone out of fashion. - 1818 Gothic played for laughs or reanimation. - Shelley: no clear distinction between good and evil. - She updates Gothic out of medieval world into her world. Fairly contemporary setting …

…Gardener). - Gardener as monster constructive, creative member. Openly desired monster. - Emphasises "Bride of Frankenstein". Draws attention to female companion, monster seeking a friend. - An inversion of the gothic. - Father/Son relations of healing type; in place of Oediple relations. - "Gods and Monsters" gothic because it holds to paranoia model. - James Whale (hysteric) - prone to being overtaken by hallucinations of the past. - Clayton Boon is a classic paranoid.