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Monsters of Romanticism: Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde with Henry Russell, PhD
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Instructor Access (Optional grading support) is available for this course. Please note: this is ONLY recommended if you wish to write the optional paper. All quizzes are internally graded in this course. Optional papers will be completed via this page (click here) for an Instructor Access fee of $75.
Enjoy an in-depth analysis of these gripping novels and gain a deeper look at the stories -- and how Romanticism can affect our thoughts and faith.
Instructor: Henry Russell, PhD
Course Description: Both Frankenstein (by Mary W. Shelley) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (by noted children’s author Robert Louis Stevenson) are utterly gripping novels that a reader can barely put down. Each explores the evil caused by human pride and self-absorption. These horrific novels are a natural reaction to Romanticism’s hope that divorcing a man (or woman) from Christianity and traditional modes of behavior would leave the individual not only “free” but godlike. Both writers swiftly see the reality beneath that naïve optimism; perhaps Mary Shelley’s book is the deeper and more bitter disappointment (since her famous husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, was one of the most famous of the second-generation Romantics who were making a ghastly pretense of superior virtue). Mr. Stevenson’s novel later grows out a sense of the longer-term effects of the Romantic movement. Both books are a great antidote to false promises of progress. Enjoy analysis of the two books with a deeper look at the story and message.
Week 1: Romanticism and the Shelley Family
Week 2: Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus: Letter 1-Chapter 3
Week 3: Ch. 4-8
Week 4: Ch. 9-14
Week 5: Ch. 15-20
Week 6: Ch. 21-23
Week 7: Ch. 24
Week 8: Biography of Robert Louis Stevenson
Week 9: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Ch. 1-4
Week 10: Ch. 5-8
Week 11: Ch. 9-10
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Monsters of Romanticism: Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde with Henry Russell, PhD
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Henry Russell
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Literature ➤ Early Modern/Regency & Romantics Literature
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High School
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Sophia Russell, Gianna Cunningham
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January 19th, 2021 at 12:00 AM ET
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Recorded, free with subscription
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Prerequisites
The ability to read about 50 novel pages per week.
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Materials
Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Signet Classics) 1978, ISBN #0451523636. It is best if we all use this edition so we can easily go to the same pages together to see what is being discussed. If your family already possesses the books, we can do our best with coordinating by chapters.
Homework
There will be about 50 pages of novel reading per week. Your familiarity with the broad vocabularies of these authors, especially Mary Shelley’s will determine your reading speed. Dr. Russell estimates between one hour and one and one-half hours. There will be weekly computer-graded quizzes, a midterm, and a final.
Henry Russell
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About Henry Russell
A graduate of Princeton and South Carolina (MS), Dr. Henry Russell completed his graduate work at Louisiana State University. Formerly the Chairman of Ave Maria College’s Department of Literature, he has also been a professor at Franciscan University of Steubenville and Wake Forest University. He is a founding faculty member of the St. Robert Southwell Creative Writing Workshop held in Mahwah, New Jersey.
Dr. Russell is Headmaster of the St. Augustine’s Homeschool Enrichment Program, which he founded with his wife Crystal. The program began in Fall 2005 with 20 students in two living rooms and now tutors more than 140 students in three locations.
Dr. Russell’s works include The Catholic Shakespeare Audio Series. He was the Associate Editor of The Formalist from 1990-2004 and his writings have been published in various journals. He was honored to edit Dr. Alice von Hildebrand’s groundbreaking volume, The Privilege of Being a Woman.
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