Analizzare un testo narrativo non è mai un’operazione immediata. A differenza della poesia, dove la struttura e le figure retoriche spesso “saltano agli occhi”, la prosa si muove in modo più fluido e meno visibile: significati, temi e scelte stilistiche sono intrecciati alla storia e ai personaggi, e richiedono attenzione, metodo e allenamento per essere messi a fuoco. Proprio per questo motivo, è importante avvalersi di una guida per orientarsi nella complessità del testo, a scomporlo nei suoi elementi essenziali e a leggerlo in modo più consapevole e profondo. In questo post presento una scheda per l'analisi di un testo narrativo, da vedere non come una gabbia rigida ma come un metodo per osservare il testo con ordine, coglierne i meccanismi narrativi e trasformare la lettura in uno strumento di comprensione critica. CONTESTUALIZZAZIONE Autore: ___________________________________________________ Titolo dell'opera: ____________________________________________ ...
Its lasting appeal comes mainly from two factors: the Romantics’ interest in the effects of science on man and the horrific and macabre elements of Gothic tales like the emotional language and the atmosphere of suspense and danger.
Frankenstein is considered the foreshadowing of science fiction because, unlike the other Gothic novels, the author Mary Shelley substitutes science for the supernatural.
Moreover, Frankenstein may be considered as a Faustian dream because the main character, Dr. Frankenstein, is a scientifically updated version of Faust : he wants to overcome man’s limitations and acquire a God-like power over physical matter.
Then, the novel is a Romantic curse because it treats the Romantics’ interest in the effects of science on man and the Frankenstein’s monster is a symbol of the Romantic concern for the isolation of the individual by society.
The story is narrated in the first person by three different omniscient narrators:
- the first part is in the epistolary form and it is narrated by an English explorer, Robert Walton, who, writing to his sister in England, organizes an exploration to the Arctic and, here, he saves the Swiss scientist Dr Frankenstein;
- then, there is Frankenstein’s autobiographical account: Dr. Frankenstein, saved by Robert, narrates the story of his life and experiments;
- within Frankenstein’s narration a report by the monster himself is inserted, which explains the reasons for his “monstruos” and cruel behaviour;
- the story is concluded by Walton again in epistolary form.
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