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Article: Frankenstein Meets Maslow.
- Article from:
- Academic Exchange Quarterly
- Article date:
- June 22, 2003
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Abstract
"Frankenstein Meets Maslow" details the academic exchange between colleagues (an English and a Nursing professor) when an English student writes a cross-disciplinary analysis of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, within the framework of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Once the dialogue begins, academic boundaries blur, pedagogy blends, and innovative insightful discourse ensues.
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