Essays about: "modern vampire"

Found 3 essays containing the words modern vampire.

  1. 1. From Threat to Thrill : A Comparative Study of Bram Stoker's Dracula and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation; Utbildningsvetenskap

    Author : Dana Nävsjö; [2013]
    Keywords : vampire; Dracula; Twilight; vampire literature; modern vampire; Gothic; teaching literature;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay was to compare the classic vampire narrative, Bram Stoker's Dracula, to a more contemporary vampire narrative using the first book, Twilight, in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series as a prime example.  By looking at the world of the vampire, the figure of the vampire and the interaction between the vampire and the main female characters in each respective story, the goal was to see how much the vampire narrative has evolved. READ MORE

  3. 2. What Manner of Man is This? The Depiction of Vampire Folklore in Dracula and Fangland

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Victoria Samuelsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Bram Stoker; Dracula; John Marks; Fangland; vampire; folklore; folklorisms; folklorismus; vampire figure; vampire motifs;

    Abstract : The vampire figure is very much a part of the literary landscape of today, and has been so for the last 200 years. The vampire has not always appeared as it does today, as the rich, urbane gentleman, but has its origins in old folklore legends. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Savage and the Gentleman : A Comparative Analysis of Two Vampire Characters in Bram Stoker's Dracula and Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Ramona Anttonen; [2000]
    Keywords : vampire; Bram Stoker; Anne Rice; Lestat; Dracula; Lombroso; Gothic Fiction; Neo-Gothic Fiction;

    Abstract : The creatures known as vampires have inspired authors for several hundred years. These beings are stereotypically described as belonging to a “nocturnal species” who live “in shadows” and drink “our lives in secrecy” (Auerbach 1). READ MORE