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Great Books Honors: Summer Reading AssignmentAssignment:You are asked to purchase this novel and make annotations in it. If you do not own a copy of the book you must take long form notes on each chapter to be presented in September.FRANKENSTEIN by MARY SHELLEY has two different editions, please purchase the 1818 version. You can find this information on the inside cover by the publication details.You are also asked to annotate the Ellen Moers’ article “Female Gothic: The Monster’s Mother” for: thesis/claim, evidence used from book, writing strengths and weaknessesYou need to pull 8 major moments out of the novel with quotes attached to themTheoretical Approach: Gender (this should guide annotations for the novel)Essential QuestionsHow does the gender of the author influence or impact the material they create?Does gender influence how we are perceived in society?How do members of the same gender create unfair or imbalanced societal structures for one another? (How do women- or men- create an unfair society for other women- or men?) What gender stereotypes exist, are reinforced, or are changed by this work?Enduring UnderstandingsAuthor’s use their own gendered experience to create novels that explore the stereotypes, problems, pitfalls, and benefits of being their gender in their society. A character and/or author’s gender comes with societal “baggage”, this has evolved over time and can be prospective. Sometimes women (or men) can be more aggressive, restrictive, punitive, or judgmental of their own gender than the opposing gender and make or reinforce a society with gendered stereotypes that actually hurt their own gender. Different works explore the existing gendered stereotypes of their time or their universe with the aim of either exposing, changing, or reinforcing certain stereotypes to provoke thought. ................
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