Creature Re-Feature: Frankenstein at 2000 (Panel)
The 49th NeMLA Annual Convention
April 12-15, 2018 Pittsburgh, PA
Cultural Studies and Media Studies
/ Anglophone
Rikk Mulligan (Carnegie Mellon University)
Submissions to: https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/16974
Submissions to: https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/16974
In Frankenstein: A Cultural History
(2007), Susan Tyler Hitchcock argues that the central myth of Mary
Shelley’s novel is one of “claiming long-forbidden knowledge and facing
the consequences” (4). Frankenstein’s creation has become a metaphor for
hubris, overreach, and discovery divorced from humanity; it is also an
argument for ethical creation. Over the past two hundred years as
science and technology have evolved, this metaphor has been applied to
atomic weapons and power, cloning, genetic modification, and artificial
intelligence among other pursuits. The novel has been adapted for stage,
screen, graphic novels, and even video games, using new settings and
often reimagining and adding characters, yet leaving others relatively
untouched.
This session seeks papers that explore the ways in which the iconic figures of Victor Frankenstein and his creation have been transformed in the early 21st century.
Papers might explore recent film, television or novels including but not limited to:
This session seeks papers that explore the ways in which the iconic figures of Victor Frankenstein and his creation have been transformed in the early 21st century.
Papers might explore recent film, television or novels including but not limited to:
- Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein quadrilogy (2005-2010)
- Frankenstein (BBC, 2007)
- Peter Ackroyd’s The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein (2008)
- The Frankenstein Theory (2013)
- I, Frankenstein (2014)
- Penny Dreadful (Showtime, 2014-2016)
- Victor Frankenstein (2015)
- The Frankenstein Chronicles (BBC TV, 2015)
- Second Chance (Fox, 2016)
- Doc Frankenstein (comic series, Burlyman Entertainment, 6 issues, 2004-2016)
- Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. (DC Comics, 17 issues, 2011-2013)
2018 is the bicentennial of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
This session will explore how the iconic figures of Victor Frankenstein
and his creation have been transformed in the early 21st century. Any
source including comics books, television and cable series, films, and
novels may be considered so long as they were released in or after 2000.
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