Mary Shelley&rsquo\;s 1818 novel \;Frankenstein \;towers over Western literature as one \;of th e most influential novels ever written and science&rsquo\;s most enduring myth. \; Technologies of artificial intelligence\, laboratory fertiliz ation\, cloning\, and titanium body parts make Shelley&rsquo\;s monster mo re relevant with each passing decade. \;Frankenstein \;al so launched the horror and science fiction genres that have dominated popu lar culture for two centuries\, developing into the monster-in-the-house t radition of \;Psycho \;and serial-killer movies. This pre sentation explores the richness of the Frankenstein tradition in film and literature\, the gendered implications of the motherless monster\, and the social and psychological meanings of the monster who will not die.
\n< p>Presented by Linda Mizejewski. Ms Mizejewski is a Distinguished Professo r of Women&rsquo\;s\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies at \;the Ohio Sta te University. She has published six books on women in popular \;cultu re\, including one on the romantic comedy \;It Happened One Night< /em>. \;In her 2002 book \;Hardboiled and High Heeled: The Wom an Detective in \;Popular Culture\, she analyzes the female inves tigator character in cinema\, \;television\, and best-selling novels. \;Her most recent two books are \;Hysterical! Women in Americ an Comedy \;(2017) and \;Pretty/Funny: \;Women Comedi ans and Body Politics \;(2014). \;Linda has been a Fulbright Lecturer in Slovakia and Romania\, \;and her research has been suppor ted by the National Endowment for the \;Humanities and the American Co uncil of Learned Societies. In 2004\, she was a \;winner of The Ohio S tate University&rsquo\;s Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award.\nIf y ou need accommodations for a class or event\, contact \;communications@pickeringtonlibra ry.org \;or call 614-837-4104 ext. 221.
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