Essays about: "vampire"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 21 essays containing the word vampire.

1. 16. The Vampire as both a Segregated and an Integrated Other. Discussing humanisation of the vampire in "Twilight" contrasting "Dracula"

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Marika Sjöqvist; [2011-05-13]
   Keywords : vampire; Twilight; Dracula; humanisation; identification; contemporary social structures; narration; deconstruction;

   Abstract : This essay discusses how the view of the vampire has changed from Dracula to Twilight where the wish to be integrated into humanity and society is fundamental for both main vampire characters of the novels. By viewing the vampire through narration, the authors and contemporary social ideals it has developed from a segregated solitary animal to an integrated humanised creature. READ MORE

3. 17. Vampires in The Twilight Saga : The Reinvention and Humanization of the Vampire Myth

   University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

   Author : Elizabeth Catalán-Morseby; [2010]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This paper aims to make a comparison and investigation between three popular vampire fictions, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire and Stephanie Meyer’s The Twilight Saga in order to show a development of the vampire. During the investigation it has become clear that the vampire over a decade has become an object that writers continue to reinvent and humanize. READ MORE

4. 18. Queer as Vampires : A study of Anne Rice’s Interview With The Vampire through queer theory

   University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

   Author : Sonja Osap; [2010]
   Keywords : Queer; Vampire; Anne Rice; Interview with the vampire;

   Abstract : This paper will focus on the homosexuality and homoeroticism that can be found in Anne Rice’s novel Interview With The Vampire using Queer theory. The paper is divided into four parts in which different aspects of the novel will be discussed. Firstly the discussion focuses on the homoeroticism which is abundant in Rice’s novel. READ MORE

5. 19. From Conqueror to Rebel Without a Cause : The Change in the Symbolic Function of Vampires, from Bram Stoker’s Imperialistic Dracula to Anne Rice’s Anarchistic The Vampire Lestat

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Fredrik Johansson; [2009]
   Keywords : vampires; anarchism; imperialism; dracula; lestat; stoker; rice;

   Abstract : Abstract In this essay I look at the change in the symbolic function of vampires, and to see this I use Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat. My argument is that the difference between Dracula and Lestat is basically that they represent different ideologies, with Dracula being an imperialist, and Lestat being an anarchist. READ MORE

6. 20. Femininity & Masculinity : - A Reception study about the construction of gender in four relationships on the TV-series Buffy & Angel.

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Humanistiska institutionen

   Author : Karin Schill; [2008]
   Keywords : Gender media communications Buffy the vampire slayer Angel Willow Tara Spike Cordy fans; genus Buffy och vampyrerna Angel mkv c medie-och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Uppsatsens syfte är att analysera hur genus är konstruerat i fyra relationer i TV-serierna Buffy och vampyrerna och Angel. Målet är att ta reda på om karaktärerna har en traditionell, delad eller omvänd genuskonstruktion. READ MORE