Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Pre-Conceptions -What do we know about vampires? -Where do we know it from? -What do we know about suspenseful stories? -Where do we know that from? -What do we know about myths and fables? -What are their purpose? -Where do we know that from?

Eighteen Ninety- Seven

Industrial Revolution

How does each of these affect society? Darwin’s Origin of the Species (1859) Invention of the steam engine (train travel, factories, etc.) Migration into cities Phonograph

Victorian Period

What might each of these look like in society? o New Imperialism o Changing Notions of Morality o Gender Roles o The Rise of Science Fiction

Epistolary Novels epistle = letter told through a combination of: –letters –diaries –newspaper clippings –interviews. The genre has been around since the 17 th century Challenging due to: - changing narrators - plurality of forms - self-referencing comments.

From Chapter One: "It is the eve of St. George's Day. Do you not know that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway? Do you know where you are going, and what you are going to?" She was in such evident distress that I tried to comfort her, but without effect. Finally, she went down on her knees and implored me not to go; at least to wait a day or two before starting. I did not know what to do, for, as an English Churchman, I have been taught to regard such things as in some measure idolatrous, and yet it seemed so ungracious to refuse an old lady meaning so well and in such a state of mind. Whether it is the old lady's fear, or the many ghostly traditions of this place, or the crucifix itself, I do not know, but I am not feeling nearly as easy in my mind as usual. If this book should ever reach Mina before I do, let it bring my goodbye. Here comes the coach!