Upper Arlington Public Library

Frankenstein!

Myth, Monster and Popular Culture

Love horror? Science Fiction? Disturbed by Frankenstein-esque technologies like AI and cloning? Then join OSU professor Linda Mizejewsky on this haunting exploration of the Frankenstein tradition.

Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein towers over Western literature as one of the most influential novels ever written and science’s most enduring myth.  Technologies of artificial intelligence, laboratory fertilization, cloning, and titanium body parts make Shelley’s monster more relevant with each passing decade. Frankenstein also launched the horror and science fiction genres that have dominated popular culture for two centuries, developing into the monster-in-the-house tradition of Psycho and serial-killer movies. This presentation explores the richness of the Frankenstein tradition in film and literature, the gendered implications of the motherless monster, and the social and psychological meanings of the monster who will not die.

Join author and distinguished OSU Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Linda Mizejewski for this haunting presentation.  The 40 minute talk will be followed by a short Q&A, but if the conversation is lively, attendees are welcome to continue in the space until closing, at 8:00 PM. 

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