Mesearch and the Gothic Imagination

Article Sidebar

Open / Download PDF
Published: Jun 1, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/lincu-2016-0005
Keywords:
mesearch adaptation pedagogy Gothic fiction

Main Article Content

Laurence Raw
Başkent University, Ankara

Abstract

Based on a transformational moment in 2013, this piece calls for a revision in research methods, with the attention focused less on critical objects and more on one’s personal response to them. This technique of mesearch, with the self placed at the center of one’s agenda, offers unique opportunities for self-analysis through redefining one’s relationship to literature. The point is exemplified through a case-study of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

Article Details

How to Cite
Raw, L. “Mesearch and the Gothic Imagination”. Linguaculture, vol. 7, no. 1, June 2016, pp. 34-40, doi:10.1515/lincu-2016-0005.
Issue
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2016)
Section
Articles
Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Author Biography

Laurence Raw, Başkent University, Ankara

Laurence Raw teaches in the Department of English at BaşkentUniversity, Ankara, Turkey. The author of several books on adaptation, he edited a recent issue of LINGUACULTURE on the proceedings of a recent conference held in Iasi.

References

The Art of Gothic: Britain’s Midnight Hour. BBC Four, 23 Oct, – 7 Nov, 2014. Television.

Hogle, Jerrold E. Introduction. The Cambridge Companion to Gothic Fiction. Cambridge: Cambridge UP., 2002, 1-21. Print.

Lawrence, D.H. Lady Chatterley’s Lover. New York: Passerino, 2015. E-book.

Nash, Robert J. Liberating Scholarly Writing: The Power of Personal Narrative. New York: Teachers’ College Press, 2004. Print.

Ord, T.J., “Truth and Postmodernism.” Thomasjaywood.com, 19 Nov. 2009. Web. 15 Sep. 2015.

Raw, Laurence. “Mass Civilisation and Minority Culture: The Work of F. R. Leavis.” Civilisation and British Culture: Proceedings of the 21st All-Turkey English Literature Conference. Ed. Nursel İçöz. 90-9. Ankara: Middle East Technical University in association with the British Council, 2000. Print.

Raw. Laurence, and Tony Gurr. Adaptation Studies and Learning: New Frontiers. Lanham: Scarecrow, 2013. Print.

Rees, Emma. “Self-Reflective Study: The Rise of ‘Mesearch.’” THES 19 Mar. 2015, 3-5. Print.

Shelley. Mary. Frankenstein, or, the Modern Prometheus. 1818. Ware: Wordsworth, 2005. Print.

Shteyngart. Gary. Little Failure: A Memoir. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2014. E-book.

Webber, Richard. “Mesearch.” Psychology Today, Jul. 2008, 33-36. Print.

“What is Student Centred Learning?” Educational Initiative Centre, U. of Westminster, Sep. 2004. Web. 20 Sep. 2016.

Williams, John. Stoner. New York: Vintage, 2012. Print.