Bram Stoker’s Dracula Dr. Beth Torgerson
The Novel as Genre Novel versus poetry Novel versus poetry Metaphors Metaphors Narrator Narrator Narrative structure Narrative structure Doubleday 1902
Reading Dracula Archetypes “Shadow” & “Hero” Archetypes “Shadow” & “Hero” New Historicism “Invasion” literature Victorian fears New Historicism “Invasion” literature Victorian fears All is Vanity Charles Allan Gilbert 1892
Review, Chapters 1-6 Characters Characters Plot Plot Themes Themes Winona Ryder as Mina, 1992
The History of the Vampire
Vlad the Impaler Ambras Castle Portrait Circa 1560
Elizabeth Báthory Mark Satchwill 2007
History and Universality of Vampire Lore Origins Cultural vampire myths Cultural vampire myths Literary origins Literary origins Poem “The Vampyre” (1810) Polidori’s The Vampyre (1816; 1819) Tom Holland’s Lord of the Dead (US); The Vampyre: Being the True Pilgrimage of George Gordon, Sixth Lord Byron (UK, 1995) Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (1847) Varney the Vampire (1847) Stoker’s Dracula (1897)
Rewriting the Vampire Legend
What does it mean to be human? Vitruvian Man Leonardo da Vinci 1447
What does it mean to be immortal? Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen Twilight Saga
Assignments For Friday, April 27Chapters 7-11, Pages For Monday, April 30Chapters 12-16, Pages For Monday, April 30DISCUSSION BOARD OPENS For Wednesday, May 2Chapters 17-22, Pages For Friday, May 4BREAKOUT SESSIONS For Monday, May 7Chapters 23-27, Pages For Wednesday, May 9GAME SHOW REVIEW