Ep.2 of 17 GCSE Frankenstein: The Context of Frankenstein (AQA)

Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) - award winning podcast tutorials from AudiopiWritten by Mary Shelley, Frankenstein has horrified and enthralled readers for nearly 200 years. In this series, especially written for GCSE students, Alex Blott and Alexandra Campbell take you through all the chapters and provide a detailed analysis of all the key elements of this sublime novel, from its context and genre, to an in-depth discussion of all the characters.Tutorial SummaryThis tutorial examines the personal and external context when Shelley wrote Frankenstein. It details her background with her parents and contemporaries. Shelley had a feminist mother and revolutionary thinker father, was friends with Lord Byron and married to Percy Shelley. There was a history of birth anxiety, including miscarriages and infant deaths, there was a change in how people viewed the world. Science was challenging religion/turning scientists into gods. Overthrowing ideas of what you could and could not do.External context also included the Influence of Milton & Coleridge and the wider context of Romantic movementSeries TutorsMr Alex Blott M.A., B.A. English Literature Tutor Miss Alexandra Campbell B.A. (1st Class), M.A. (Distinction) University of GlasgowThe first 5 episodes in this series, and every series in this podcast show, are free to listen to! Love what you hear and want us with you for the journey? You can subscribe to access every episode in any series on Acast+ for the price of a couple of cups of coffee a month, and become a supporter! Hit the link to Access it All.https://plus.acast.com/s/audiopi-gcse-english-literature-language-tutorials Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.