ENGL 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Plastic Surgery, Teratology, Antiseptic
27 Mar 2016
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Under his stringy black locks i saw his ear! The man had pointed ears, covered with a little brown fur! Traces of the human: he is unnatural it gives me a nasty little sensation, a tightening of my muscles, when he comes near me. It"s a touch of the diabolical in fact. : what race are they? , [they] were human in shape, and yet human beings with the strangest air about them of some familiar animal. Robinson crusoe (1719): first text considered a novel. Mysterious island - jules vernes (1874): 5 men land on island and have to survive. Prendick"s journey (circular narrative): small boat, large boat with montgomery, island - lab - house, glad - den, island - lab. Documenting the story: scienti c data, speci c coordinates, victorian era"s access to primary and secondary sources, darwin"s theory of evolution, ernst haeckel"s theory of genetics, entanglement theory, h. g.
