ENGL 246 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Lightning, Natural Philosophy, Galvanism
7 Jul 2016
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Technology is modern term, we don"t know what it means. Fundamental change occurs in the west regarding techn . Technology: refers to industrial revolution/ rise of physics. Frame=embedding, multiple narratives and points of view that are all embedded within one another. Then he meets victor and he agrees to tell his story and does it in first person. There is an ordering in this, it is a framed text. Walton is parallel to victor, both have raw ambition. Victor possibly sees his younger self in walton. What"s important about walton is that he listens. The relationships of walton to victor and victor to monster parallel each other. Walton is a poet and an explorer. He is a poet and an explorer. He can reveal through art, not just as an explorer. Walton has desire to acquire knowledge and have nature submit to man. Text suggests we don"t control nature very well. He will tell walton his stories of intoxication.
