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題名 A Physiological Approach to Frankenstein: A Variation on the Gothic Sublime
作者 Huh, Minji
貢獻者 文山評論：文學與文化
關鍵詞 Frankenstein; the Gothic; physiology; the Sublime; dissonance; other
日期 2024-06
上傳時間 10-七月-2024 14:50:47 (UTC+8)
摘要 This paper explores the way in which Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus (1818) illuminates the physiological dimension of the sublime experience and its profound impact on the subject. Frankenstein’s creature presents provocative implications of how the unruly physiological functions of the body can defamiliarize the Enlightenment understanding of an ideal human being anchored in rationalism. My perspective adds to the aesthetics of the sublime, specifically the postmodern ideas of dissonance and immanence demonstrated by the creature’s signs of bodily unruliness, from instincts of self-preservation to carnal desires, which cause the spiritual effects of shock and horror in the creator. I argue that not only does Shelley provide a lens through which to perceive the defamiliarized world where the modern subject consistently encounters the unknown other as represented by the creature, but she also kindles a new kind of sympathy that can be enacted through the compromise of the self and the other’s disruptive physiological responses. In this respect, this paper employs the notion of the “physiological sublime” to explore Shelley’s incorporation of the sublime into the physiological dimension of interpersonal relations, and on the manifestation of sympathy as arising from the subject’s acknowledgment of their own physiological otherness as it develops through direct encounters with the other.
關聯 文山評論：文學與文化, 17(2), 69-92
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.30395/WSR.202406_17(2).0005
dc.contributor 文山評論：文學與文化-
dc.creator (作者) Huh, Minji-
dc.date (日期) 2024-06-
dc.date.accessioned 10-七月-2024 14:50:47 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 10-七月-2024 14:50:47 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 10-七月-2024 14:50:47 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) https://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/152303-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) This paper explores the way in which Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus (1818) illuminates the physiological dimension of the sublime experience and its profound impact on the subject. Frankenstein’s creature presents provocative implications of how the unruly physiological functions of the body can defamiliarize the Enlightenment understanding of an ideal human being anchored in rationalism. My perspective adds to the aesthetics of the sublime, specifically the postmodern ideas of dissonance and immanence demonstrated by the creature’s signs of bodily unruliness, from instincts of self-preservation to carnal desires, which cause the spiritual effects of shock and horror in the creator. I argue that not only does Shelley provide a lens through which to perceive the defamiliarized world where the modern subject consistently encounters the unknown other as represented by the creature, but she also kindles a new kind of sympathy that can be enacted through the compromise of the self and the other’s disruptive physiological responses. In this respect, this paper employs the notion of the “physiological sublime” to explore Shelley’s incorporation of the sublime into the physiological dimension of interpersonal relations, and on the manifestation of sympathy as arising from the subject’s acknowledgment of their own physiological otherness as it develops through direct encounters with the other.-
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dc.relation (關聯) 文山評論：文學與文化, 17(2), 69-92-
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Frankenstein; the Gothic; physiology; the Sublime; dissonance; other-
dc.title (題名) A Physiological Approach to Frankenstein: A Variation on the Gothic Sublime-
dc.type (資料類型) article-
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.30395/WSR.202406_17(2).0005-
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.30395/WSR.202406_17(2).0005-