Frame Narrative in Frankenstein
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FRAME NARRATIVE IN FRANKENSTEIN
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FRAME NARRATIVE
Story outside of a story
Example: the Princess Bride. Ozymandias. Ancient Mariner.
Definition of Topic
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FRAME NARRATIVE
The story-teller becomes a character in the story
Results of Research
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FRAME NARRATIVE
Effects: you get the story second-hand More believable? Depends on the
credibility of the story-teller (the Ancient Mariner)…
Results of Research
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FRAME NARRATIVE
A fusion of two respected 18th century genres
epistolary novel, a traditionally feminine genre
explorer’s journal, a traditionally masculine genre and an archetypal enlightenment genre
Research
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FRAME NARRATIVEFunctions: provide a frame of verisimilitude to an
improbable tale
It SEEMS more true It is VERY familiar and
conventional: it was told… Ancient Mariner Ozymandias
Learned from Research
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LAYERS OF STORIES IN FRANKENSTEIN
Robert Walton’s NarrativeVictor’s Story
Creature’s Story
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FRANKENSTEIN Frankenstein opens with letters from an
explorer, Robert Walton, to his sister. The Explorer is stuck on his ship in the
ice of the North Pole.
Connection to Frankenstein
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QUESTIONS1. Would you use a frame narrative
in telling your own life story?
2. What is the point to using a frame narrative?
3. Can you think of other stories that use a frame narrative?
3 Questions to ask the class
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WORKS CITED Felluga, Dino. "Terms Used by
Narratology and Film Theory." Introductory Guide to Critical Theory.[Nov 28, 2003]. Purdue U. [04/03/2010]. <http://www.purdue.edu/guidetotheory/narratology/terms/>.