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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
General & Compar. Literature
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
David Fishelov
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment: Monday, 15-16
Teaching Staff:
Prof David Fishelov
Course/Module description:
After learning about the novel’s literary background, we will read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and will discuss selected cinematic adaptations of the novel.
Course/Module aims:
To study Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and its literary context and to critically discuss selected cinematic adaptations of the novel.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Upon completion of the module, students should be able to describe and analyze central aspects of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and of several important cinematic adaptations of the novel.
Attendance requirements(%):
85
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture and discussion
Course/Module Content:
1. Introduction: Frankenstein as a modern myth
2. Literary background: Tales of the Dead
3. Literary background: Tales of the Dead
4. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
5. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein - continued
6. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein - continued
7. Peake, Presumption, a contemporary play based on Mary Shelley's novel
8. Frankenstein in film: the version of 1910
9. James Whale, Frankenstein
10. Sequels to Whale's Frankenstein: the bride and the son
11. Parody and homage: Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein
12. Closing the circle: Branagh's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
13. Branagh's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - continuted
14. Concluding remarks
Required Reading:
A. Literary Works
Tales of the Dead / Fantasmagoriana
Peake, Richard Brinsley. 1823. Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein
Shelley, Mary. 1818 (1831). Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus
B. Films
Dawley, J. Searle (director). Frankenstein. 1910.
Whale, James (director). 1931. Frankenstein
Whale, James (director). 1935. Bride of Frankenstein
Brooks, Mel (director). 1974. Young Frankenstein
Branagh, Keneth. 1994. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
C. Criticism
Introduction from:
Mary Shelley. 2012. Frankenstein, the Norton Critical Edition, ed. J. Paul Hunter. New York: Norton
Additional Reading Material:
Fishelov, David. "The Indirect Path to the Literary Canon, Exemplified by Shelley's Frankenstein," CLCWeb 18.2 (2016)
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article&eq;2847&context&eq;clcweb
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 10 %
Project work 70 %
Assignments 20 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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