FREE | livestreamed | for teachers of KS3 – KS5

A rich discussion of Frankenstein and Gothic literature, offering fresh ideas and insights for the secondary classroom, from KS3–KS5. 

Get fresh ideas for teaching Frankenstein and Gothic literature in context, drawing on the British Library’s Discovering Literature collection. 

Join professor of 18th-century literature Mary Fairclough, teacher and member of NATE's Reviewing Literature Working Group Aaishah Rauf, and teacher Patrick Cragg for a rich discussion of the Gothic. 

 -    Professor Mary Fairclough will discuss Gothic fears and mysteries surrounding science and technology, and the Gothic contrast between past and present, drawing on themes from Frankenstein and contemporary anxieties around modern-day technologies.
 -    Aaishah Rauf will offer a new perspective on Frankenstein, by looking at Gothic conventions through the lens of empire and postcolonialism.
 -    Patrick Cragg will consider how to present the genre's ideas in a student-friendly way, helping learners become skilled readers of the Gothic, using rich sources from the British Library's Discovering Literature

 

Following the event, delegates will receive a digital resource pack, full of practical ideas for using a range of Discovering Literature items to strengthen students' understanding of the historical, social and political context of the genre. 

If you have any queries, please email discovering.literature@bl.uk 

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Image: Illustration of the creature from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus (1831 edition; first published in 1818).