Lecture Two Simon Fraser University第二课西蒙·弗雷泽大学.pptVIP

* FRANKENSTEIN Romanticism vs. “The Enlightenment” Dr. Stephen Ogden LIBS 7005 “Technology, Invention Power” Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is the signature text for our course’s title: the scientist Victor Frankenstein invents an artificial (i.e. unnatural) creature to demonstrate the power of modern technology. QUESTION 1: Does Frankenstein have a motive for technological invention besides demonstration of the power to do so? QUESTION 2: Is this a legitimate criticism of limits in relation to science technology? IDEA and COUNTER-IDEA “The Enlightenment” 18th C. ‘salon’ movement aggrandisi