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= = = = = = = = = The Monster Mosaic Project =

= "There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic." = -Anais Nin || ||

About this site:
This site is a collaborative effort between Mrs. Runkel's four AP Literature and Composition classes at [|Greater Atlanta Christian School]. Mary Shelly's //Frankenstein// pieces together fragments of stories to create one narrative truth. Victor pieces together fragments of humanity (and himself) to create one Adam (or Satan). And we will attempt to piece together all of those pieces to create a better understanding of one of the most complex and nuanced novels of all time. Novels such as this deserve our attention and our curiosity. They demand more of us than simply skimming the text (or an online summary) and they can often be quite maddening. But, if we are patient with them and allow their seemingly incongruous elements to wash over us, they can reveal incredible insight.

This is an evolving process and will no doubt be chaotic, messy, and confusing at times. As it should be. Literary scholarship is not a black and white endeavor. It thrives in the questioning and it comes to life in the conversation.

We are a group of scholars attempting to join in that great conversation of ideas. We hope you find our research helpful - feel free to contact us with comments.

Here are a few resources for our contributors:
Adding and changing text to a wiki An example of a student contributed wiki (pay special attention to the works cited section)

There are a few key works and philosophies that are crucial to reading //Frankenstein.// Before we dive into the text, let's do a bit of background work. The following is a list (in no particular order) of some key works and/or concepts that we need to review:
 * Getting Started:**

1. The Myth of Prometheus 2. Rime of the Ancient Mariner 3. Paradise Lost 4. Mary Shelley's background 5. Gothic Literature

||  || [|Rime of the Ancient Mariner Text]
 * Helpful links to Frankenstein criticism
 * [[file:frankenstein pdf Glencoe.pdf]] ||  ||

[|Anatomy of a Story: Frankenstein (online essays)]

[|How Facebook and Frankenstein might be linked]