Subtitle (titling) "Mario Kart" series; and "", the second in the "Star Trek" series. Subtitle (titling) In books and other works, a subtitle is an explanatory or alternate title. As an example, Mary Shelley gave her most famous novel the title "Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus"; by using the subtitle "the Modern Prometheus", she references the Greek Titan as a hint of the novel's themes. In English, subtitles were traditionally denoted and separated from the title proper by the conjunction "or", perhaps hinting at their function as an alternate title. A more modern usage is to simply separate the subtitle by punctuation,
Modern Times (novel) chapters, titled "Modern Times," in "Renditions", 2 (Spring 1974), p. 126-164. In Chapter 16 Master Yao takes his son and three disciplines and Shanghai in order to show what Western civilization looks like to them. Master Yao has them explore Shanghai and familiarize themselves with the academic programs at schools in the area. Modern Times (novel) Wenming Xiaoshi (; "Short History of Civilization" or "A Brief History of Modern Times" or "A Brief History of Enlightenment") is a novel by Li Baojia (Li Boyuan). The novel is a satire of pseudo-reformers in the Qing Dynasty period who found difficulty adjusting