Rewriting Fantasy: Frankenstein by Angélica Liddell

• Main Author: Laeticia Rovecchio Antón
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2014-12-01
• Series: Brumal: Revista de Investigación sobre lo Fantástico
• Subjects: monster, rewrite, angélica liddell, frankenstein, drama.
• Online Access: https://revistes.uab.cat/brumal/article/view/130

<p>Mary Shelley's novel <em>Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus</em> (1818) involves the creation of a new popular myth very present in the collective imagination thanks, in large part, to film works. There are many literary or theatrical adaptations that have explored the monstrous nature of the character through different prisms. The playwright Angélica Liddell, with her dramatic-poetic piece entitled <em>Frankenstein</em>, proposes a puppet show that serves as a starting point for a deep reflection on and an update of the myth and, even moreso, about the relationship between the creator and his creation. In effect, Liddell questions the relationship between the ego and otherness, associating monstrosity to a human constitutive archetype.</p>