The Monster in Frankenstein with Regard to Rousseau's Concept of the "Noble Savage"

Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,3, RWTH Aachen University (Institut für Anglistik), course: Proseminar Gothic Literature, language: English, abstract: This term paper deals with Jean-Jacques Rousseau's concept of the "noble savage" and the use of this concept by Mary Shelley as a main theme in her famous novel Frankenstein. In the first chapter of this paper, I will focus on the noble savage myth and explain what exactly is meant by the term. I will also explain Rousseau's theories of a state of nature as found in his work A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality. Further, I will shortly confront Rousseau's theories with a quite opposite world view, namely that offered by Thomas Hobbes in his works Leviathan and De Cive.

Product details

• Authors: Gabriele Grenkowski
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.02.2012
• EAN: 9783656139591
• ISBN: 978-3-656-13959-1
• No. of pages: 20
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 45 g
• Series: Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe, Bd. V189629; Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V189629
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies