Cultural Criticism and Frankenstein

CULTURAL CRITICISM AND FRANKENSTEIN Cultural Criticisms · Goal of cultural criticism is to oppose culture with a capital C. The view of culture, which always and only equates it with what we call “high culture.” · Cultural critics want to make term culture refer to popular culture as well as the classics · Break down the boundary between high and low and dismantle the hierarchy that the distinction implies · Cultural critics want to get us away from thinking …showed first 75 words of 607 total…

…showed last 75 words of 607 total…should be for readers. · Heller incorporated three forms of art: horror gothic, sentimental/educational gothic, and high philosophical gothic. Each different type of cultural work appeals to a different class of audience. · Frankenstein is as much about good and bad education, salutary books, and Cornelius Agrippa’s corrupting, as it is a story of ghouls and monsters. · Now ‘Frankenstein’ is used to speak of historical figures such as Hitler and shocking events and cultural issues.