Monster Women. Science, gender, literature and horror films

Abstract

Frankenstein is a literary classic that invites us to reflect on themes that have and continue to concern humanity: rejection and
abandonment. Scientific research to dominate nature and try to overcome death. Science and spectacle, dissection and medical
advances. Grave robbers and anatomy academies. Exoticism and cabinets of curiosities. The author, Mary Shelley, constructs a monster that resembles women, nameless, uneducated, and enduring the difficulties of living in a world geared toward men. Talking films take over Frankenstein and turn it into one of the most famous monsters on the big screen. Women have always
occupied a secondary role, as have horror films. This investigation aims to demonstrate that secondary roles are debilitating
structures, centers of devaluation, which become visible in works over time and which, despite social advances, continue to
persist. Mary Shelley and Mariana Enriquez work in the horror genre, and their poetics explore common ground.