Ghost Stories (1)

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Ghost Stories

This week:

1. Literature 2: Frankenstein
2. Kijk-luistertoets oefenen
3. Literature 3: Halloween 

Literature 1: Do you remember?

4 Questions - similar to those on the test.

The 19th Century is mostly known as:

1. The Edwardian Era
2. The Victorian Era
3. The Elizabethan Era
4. The Jamesian Era

Which of the following did NOT happen in the 19th century?

1. The life expectancy increased
2. Class divisions changed: business owners became wealthy
3. School became mandatory for all children
4. A new middle class came into existence

True or False:
“Literary critics in the 19th century thought that Gothic novels were a wonderful invention that should be encouraged.”

1. True
2. False

The literary genre of Gothic novels was characterised by three things, which three things were this?

Literature 2: Frankenstein (1818)

Frankenstein is a Gothic novel. 

1. Unrealistic (isolated) settings: ship to the North Pole; laboratory; graveyard; Orkney Islands.
2. Unexplainable scary events: the monster is created from body parts of the dead; many people die mysteriously. 
3. Improbable sentational plot: Victor Frankenstein creates a monster and abandones it, after which the monster tries to kill his maker. 

Context matters!

You already know this. Let's try it out with the following questions...

What was the most common enemy in literature/movies right after WWII?

1. Monsters
2. Russians
3. Nazis
4. Japanese

What was the most common genre during the Cold War?

1. Science fiction
2. Romantic literature
3. Horror
4. Espionage (spy novels)

Why, do you think, were myths and/or stories of ancestors (= voorouders) so important in early human history?

Gothic literature and the 19th century

• Gothic literature was a response to the fast-paced modernization of the 19th century. 
• Before the 19th century, the 18th century was the age of enlightenment: the age of science and reason. 
• As a reaction, authors in the 19th century went back to the supernatural, the unexplained. 

What do we already know about Frankenstein?

To do:

1. Schrijf je in voor de Daltonuren van morgen.
2. Read Literature 2: Frankenstein (1818) in your reader.
3. Make the questions on the next page. 
4. Done? Check your answers on ItsLearning. 

To do:

1. Schrijf je in voor de Daltonuren van morgen.
2. Read Literature 4: Dracula in your reader.
3. Make the questions on the next page. 
4. Done? Check your answers on ItsLearning.