Frankenstein A-Level Knowledge Organiser (Lang/Lit Combined)

Based on the assessment objectives for AQA A Level Language and Literature combined; designed to be printed on two sides of A4.

Covers the following:

• Social and historical context (the Industrial Revolution, Edmund Burke’s theory of the sublime, Rousseau’s theories regarding the nature/nurture debate, the alchemists Cornelius Agrippa, Albertus Magnus, and Paracelsus)
• Biographical context of Mary Shelley
• Literary context (explanations of important allusions and general characteristics of fantasy, science fiction, Romanticism, Gothic fiction and the tragic hero)
• Themes (the pursuit of knowledge, nature versus nurture, justice and injustice, the importance of family, isolation and companionship, fortune versus fate, personal responsibility)
• Characters (the roles and functions of Robert Walton, Victor Frankenstein, the creature, Elizabeth Lavenza, Justine Moritz and Safie)
• Settings (untamed natural settings versus university cities)
• Features of lexis, grammar, discourse and pragmatics to consider

No coloured ink used, so the resource will print equally well on different colours of paper to suit student needs/preferences.