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Mary Shelley
She was an English writer who is well-known for her horror novel "Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus", published in 1818. She was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin on August 30, 1797, in London, England. Her father was a philosopher and political writer and her mother a feminist, the author of The Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792).When she was a child she didn't have formal education. She used to read books from her father's library. When she was 16 she eloped to Italy with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, . Each encouraged the other's writing, and they married in 1816 after the suicide of Shelley's wife.
Her work is often considered an early example of science fiction. She attributed her inspiration to write Frankenstein to a nightmare.
You can find more information if you follow these links:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Wollstonecraft-Shelley
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GROUP WORK
En el siguiente video obtendrás algunos datos interesantes sobre la novela Frankestein o el moderno Prometeo. Después de verlo te proponemos una actividad creativa.
Actividad creativa:
En el años 1816 se juntaron varios amigos en una pequeña villa a pasar un verano, entre ellos se encontraban: nuestra escritora, su esposo y Lord Byron (uno de los principales poetas del Romanticismo). Fue una época muy lluviosa y se reunían para crear historias. En una de esas reuniones decidieron proponer un desafío: cada uno tiene que escribir un relato de suspenso, de horror. A partir de allí Mary Shelley comienza a idear Frankestein.
Imagina que te reúnes con tus amigos y deciden contarse historias de terror. Crea un relato o microrrelato en el que desarrolles una breve historia que genere miedo. Puedes usar los consejos de Horacio Quiroga y de Roberto Bolaño, trabajados en la unidad de Edgar Allan Poe para crear tu cuento o la siguiente idea para el microcuento:
Think big, do bigger.
How can you convince us that your short story is the best?
What aspects of your short story would you change? Why?
And if you had the opportunity to participate in one of those meetings, why do you think these writers would choose you?
