Critical Analysis of Frankenstein

The purpose of a critical analysis is to evaluate a book, in our case a novel, of historical relevance. Your review should analyze several aspects of the text under consideration, including the argument, content, organization, main themes, and relevance for understanding the historical time period and location in which it was written (late 18th and early 19th century Europe). This is a book which has multiple meanings and interpretations, but you should focus largely on its historical relevance.

Mary Shelley’s book is perhaps one of the founding pieces of literature for many genres, including Gothic Horror and even Science Fiction. However, what it reveals about the concerns of European society in the early 19th century is particularly revealing.

In contrast to a book review, a critical analysis does not retell the story or simply repeat the argument. In addition to providing a summary of the main plots and content of the book, a critical analysis also evaluates an author’s thesis or main theme. You should ask yourself:

1) What is the author trying to say and has he made a convincing argument?

2) How is this novel relevant to understanding the historical context of the time?

This can include evaluating how the book is an example of Romanticism, how it comments on industrialization or the Scientific Revolution, or even how it addresses the issue of “liberty and freedom”.

Again, this is not a book review. You are not simply summarizing the book and what it is about, but instead looking at how the novel presents the historic time period in which it takes place.

Try to create an understanding of how the novel fits into our historical understanding of the time period. To do this, it is expected that you will use primary and secondary sources to support your argument from both the course assignments and outside material (specifically from the FIT Library and Databases). You should have minimum of three sources (not including the text itself). The use of these sources and the paper overall should show your ability to understand historical context, meaning how the setting of the novel fits within our established understanding of history.

You should have a

1) title page,

2) citations, and a

3) bibliography, as well as

4) page numbers on every page.

A well-written paper is obviously more effective in presenting an argument than a poorly written one; thus the quality of the writing will affect your grade.

You should make a concerted effort to present a cogent and focused argument in your paper.

Your first or second paragraph should state your position clearly and concisely and include some kind of thesis statement. Consider your audience to be an educated layperson who wants to understand the author’s thesis/argument, the key commentary it makes to the historic time period, and your evaluation of it.

Don’t mind the multiple submissions. Only one of them has the instructions on the first page.

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