Dr Sarah Artt S.Artt@napier.ac.uk
Lecturer T&R
‘An otherness that cannot be sublimated’: Shades of Frankenstein in Penny Dreadful and Black Mirror
Artt, Sarah
Authors
Abstract
This article traces some of the legacies of the Frankenstein narrative as it appears in the television series Penny Dreadful and Black Mirror. Both series deploy Frankenstein themes to explore the relationship between gender and technology. Drawing on the work of Julia Kristeva and others, I argue that the hybrid bodies of Lily in Penny Dreadful and Ash in the Black Mirror episode 'Be Right Back' are powerful examples of abjection and how it works differently across genders. Both series are part of a continuous reworking of Shelley's text that demonstrates we are still living in the age of Frankenstein: a period of fascination with the body, gender, and scientific innovation epitomised by the themes of Shelley's story.
Citation
Artt, S. (2018). ‘An otherness that cannot be sublimated’: Shades of Frankenstein in Penny Dreadful and Black Mirror. Science Fiction Film and Television, 11(2), 257-275. https://doi.org/10.3828/sfftv.2018.18
Journal Article Type | Article |
---|---|
Acceptance Date | Nov 24, 2017 |
Publication Date | 2018-06 |
Deposit Date | Dec 8, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Journal | Science Fiction Film and Television |
Print ISSN | 1754-3770 |
Electronic ISSN | 1754-3789 |
Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 11 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 257-275 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3828/sfftv.2018.18 |
Keywords | Frankenstein, television series, gender, technology, |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1014784 |
Publisher URL | http://online.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/loi/sfftv |
Files
An otherness that cannot be sublimated': Shades of Frankenstein in Penny Dreadful and Black Mirror
(3.3 Mb)
Document
'An otherness that cannot be sublimated': Shades of Frankenstein in Penny Dreadful and Black Mirror
(363 Kb)
PDF
You might also like
Step on Me Charlotte Rampling or on Arrakis No One Can Hear You Orgasm
(2022)
Presentation / Conference
Tentacles Everywhere: William Eubank’s Underwater
(2022)
Journal Article
Why we do not adapt Jean Rhys
(2020)
Book Chapter
Downloadable Citations
About Edinburgh Napier Research Repository
Administrator e-mail: repository@napier.ac.uk
This application uses the following open-source libraries:
SheetJS Community Edition
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
PDF.js
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
Font Awesome
SIL OFL 1.1 (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html)
CC BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Powered by Worktribe © 2024
Advanced Search