Novels ranging from 1818 to 1890 will be scrutinisedand provide for an overview over 19th century Gothicfiction. Each novel is unique, but what all of themhave in common is that each protagonist createsanother being to complement his own self. The focusof analysis will be put on the relationship betweenself and creature, especially the power therespective creatures exert over their producers, i.e.the nameless creature of Mary Shelley's Frankensteinor, The Modern Prometheus (1818), the opaqueHeathcliff and Catherine of Emily Bront¿'s WutheringHeights (1847), the painting of Dorian in OscarWilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) and Mr Hydein Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekylland Mr Hyde (1886). All of them stand for the dualityof their creator's personality , forself-preservation; their actions grasp the wholeconcept of the repressed, and as they mature in thecourse of their respective stories, they seem to growincreasingly into the role of the bête-noir.Subsequently, the refined count as the apex ofmonster evolution of Bram Stoker's homonymous novelDracula (1897) will be dealt with from the Jungianand Baudrillardian angle as well.
Bauer AngelinanAngelina Bauer read British Studies at the JohannesGutenberg-University in Mainz and at the Bread Loaf School ofEnglish (Vermont) and holds an M.A degree (2005). Angelinapublished short stories in 15 Minutes (2001) and took classeswith award winning Atima Srivastava. Angelina works as aconsultant and lives in the Frankfurt area.
Über den Autor
Angelina Bauer read British Studies at the Johannes
Gutenberg-University in Mainz and at the Bread Loaf School of
English (Vermont) and holds an M.A degree (2005). Angelina
published short stories in 15 Minutes (2001) and took classes
with award winning Atima Srivastava. Angelina works as a
consultant and lives in the Frankfurt area.
Klappentext
Novels ranging from 1818 to 1890 will be scrutinised
and provide for an overview over 19th century Gothic
fiction. Each novel is unique, but what all of them
have in common is that each protagonist creates
another being to complement his own self. The focus
of analysis will be put on the relationship between
self and creature, especially the power the
respective creatures exert over their producers, i.e.
the nameless creature of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), the opaque
Heathcliff and Catherine of Emily Bront¿'s Wuthering
Heights (1847), the painting of Dorian in Oscar
Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) and Mr Hyde
in Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll
and Mr Hyde (1886). All of them stand for the duality
of their creator's personality , for
self-preservation; their actions grasp the whole
concept of the repressed, and as they mature in the
course of their respective stories, they seem to grow
increasingly into the role of the bête-noir.
Subsequently, the refined count as the apex of
monster evolution of Bram Stoker's homonymous novel
Dracula (1897) will be dealt with from the Jungian
and Baudrillardian angle as well.
