Category Archives: Group 4

  After reading the first volume of Frankenstein, I developed an entirely different opinion about the book. Before cracking it open I had established many reservations about the book due to previous publicity on the subject as well as the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As I read Frankenstein, I think about the idea of cognitive estrangement and what it means to science fiction.  It’s the idea that something might make sense on a cognitive level but is still distended from reality.  That makes sense. Yet, how different is Frankenstein from reality?  Obviously undead abominations aren’t running around.  However, in Continue reading →

  In his article “On the Poetics of the Science Fiction Genre”, Darko Suvin posits “Science Fiction as the literature of cognitive estrangement.”  By this definition and its subsequent explanation  I believe that Shelley’s Frankenstein falls short of the parameters … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It has been some time since I last read Frankenstein.  And I’ve never read it under the pretext of science fiction, but rather as a gothic novel.  However, upon rereading the epistolary opening sections of Mary Shelley’s novel, I immediately … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I was thinking today what I would write for my first blog post. Frankenstein has been exceedingly interesting, but I couldn’t help think about our discussion between the differences in Sci-Fi and Fantasy. I sat and talked to my friends about what really made the two distinct. At first they mentioned things, such as the excessive use of technology […] Continue reading →

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