Watch the 1931 version of Frankenstein (see link below) and apply Adam Golub’s critical framework to the monstrous. Focus on specific scenes, characters, actions, settings, themes, dialogues, plot developments, etc. First deconstruct the monster (close read), then reconstruct the moment (contextualize), and then make an argument about the monster’s cultural meaning and significance (making sense of the monstrous). Feel free to draw on any of the ideas discussed in class to make sense of the monstrous (i.e., repression, desire, Stryker’s ideas of gender). What exactly is monstrous about the monster and how does the monster resonate with and/or violate broader social issues, fears, or anxieties in American culture and society during this “era of Frankenstein’s monster”? Draw from W. Scott Poole’s Chapter 3 for some context (i.e., main ideas and events during this era). This is your opportunity to analyze and closely examine what calls your attention.
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