Essays about: "vampire figure"

Found 3 essays containing the words vampire figure.

  1. 1. Vampire Ethics in the Twilight Saga : A Generic Analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Taliah Pollack; [2015]
    Keywords : Twilight; Byronic hero; Genre; Stephenie Meyer; Vampires; Vampire history; Vampire literature; Vampire films; Vampire ethics; Sex; Religion; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Since the Twilight series publication and later the Twilight Saga film adaptions, the vampire romance of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen has turned into a worldwide phenomenon. This One-Year Master’s degree thesis will address the way in which the vampire ethics is depicted in the Twilight Saga by the character of Edward Cullen. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. 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