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The Narrator’s Identity and the Pursuit of Trespassing Boundaries in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

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Filutowska K., University of Warsaw, Dr. Katarzyna Filutowska is a philosopher r. i. t. I. o. P.

Analyses/Rereadings/Theories: A Journal Devoted to Literature, Film and Theatre

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2016

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vol. 4

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issue 1

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The article focuses on the problem of the narrator’s and the author’s identity in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. According to Charles Taylor’s philosophy of subjectivity in order to have an identity we have to know what kind of good we would like to fulfil in our life. Such an orientation to the good (an orientation in moral space) and an endeavour after realizing this main value defines us as ourselves. In the paper it is argued that the pursuit of trespassing boundaries is constitutive to the narrator’s identity in the novel as it is such kind of an aim without which they could not have been themselves. It is also the key to the author’s identity. Through the medium of the stories of her male story-tellers she confronts her own demons, explores the territories of the subconscious beyond the bounds of understanding and depicts her struggle with the limitations she overcame as a woman in a patriarchal society and as a person who invented a new literary genre – science-fiction literature.

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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus: Friendship, Monstrosity and Radical Otherness

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Jeray C.

Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies

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2016

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issue 25/1

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This essay looks at the relationship between Victor Frankenstein and his Creature, examining the ethical implications of Victor’s hostility towards the Creature. This problem is considered with reference to the views of various philosophers, ancient and modern, stressing one’s responsibility for the Other and the importance of the Self’s will to befriend another being. It is argued that Shelley indeed presents the Creature as “befriendable.” Such presentation, this article indicates, is a consequence of Shelley’s sympathy for the rejected and persecuted and her insistence on parental responsibility – the ideas actually emphasised in the novel, yet passed over in the 1930’s Hollywood production, as a consequence, permanently affecting the popular image of the Creature.

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The Cult ural Legacy of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

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Weseliński A.

Zeszyty Naukowe Uczelni Vistula

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2018

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issue 58(1) Filologia

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Shortly after the publication of Mary Shelley’s novel, its eponymous character, Victor Frankenstein, and the unnamed creature, often referred to as “Frankenstein”, gained iconic status. Initially, the Creature and his Creator became thriving figures of popular culture through the many theatrical versions produced in the 19th century. The advent of film in the 20th century contributed enormously to the circulation of Frankenstein as a cultural icon, in general, and the dissemination of the myth of a mad scientist, in particular. The aim of this paper is to explore the many representative manifestations and the development of one of the enduring icons of modern culture.

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Tytułowa postać powieści Mary Shelley – Wiktor Frankenstein – oraz postać bezimiennego potwora, określanego w potocznym obiegu również jako „Frankenstein”, uzyskały status ikony kulturowej wkrótce po ukazaniu się powieści drukiem (1818). Początkowo, obydwie postaci zdobyły popularność dzięki dziewiętnastowiecznym adaptacjom teatralnym. W XX wieku, liczne ekranizacje powieści przyczyniły się do rozpowszechnienia mitu Frankensteina jako szaleńca-naukowca. Celem artykułu jest zbadanie kulturowej spuścizny powieści i funkcjonowanie mitu kulturowego Frankensteina we współczesnym świecie.

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1 Analyses/Rereadings/Theories: A Journal Devoted to Literature, Film and Theatre

1 Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies

1 Zeszyty Naukowe Uczelni Vistula

1 Dr. Katarzyna Filutowska is a philosopher r. i. t. I. o. P.

1 Filutowska K.

1 Jeray C.

1 University of Warsaw

1 Weseliński A.

1 2018

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The Narrator’s Identity and the Pursuit of Trespassing Boundaries in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus: Friendship, Monstrosity and Radical Otherness

The Cult ural Legacy of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein