3777 - Frankenstein Part 1: Mary Shelley's Original 1818 Novel (Colin Mackey)
Course Description
Instructor: Colin Mackey
Take a deep dive into the novel Frankenstein as it was originally published in 1818. In this four-week course, we will delve into the original text together in a discussion class exploring the ideas of man playing God, the tension between science and art, and the reasons why Mary Shelley felt she needed to publish her original work anonymously before changing it and republishing the version, which has become a school staple, under her own name in 1836.
Text:
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
I will be using the Penguin edition ISBN 978-0-14-313184-7, but there are many other options.
Bio: Bio: I was a middle school English teacher for 25 years including time at Holy Innocents' Episcopal School and Westminster in Atlanta. In addition to English, I was the technology coordinator of the middle school and taught courses in media literacy, journalism, and screen writing as well as conducting a film club after a sabbatical at the NYU Tisch School for the Arts concentrating on incorporating film into the English classroom.