This thesis employs reader-response theory, media analysis, and the analysis of contemporary readership habits to critically examine how the temporal spread, format, and online community of the...Show moreThis thesis employs reader-response theory, media analysis, and the analysis of contemporary readership habits to critically examine how the temporal spread, format, and online community of the online serialized publication Dracula Daily have deepened readers’ sense of immersion in Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula. The temporal spread of the Dracula Daily publication has made it possible for its readers to form an emotional connection to the various characters in the text, which has resulted in a deepened sense of immersion. Dracula Daily has taken advantage of contemporary readership habits by providing readers with serialized short-form fragments of the novel Dracula, which have resulted in the popularity of the publication. The online Dracula Daily community has led to the readers’ increased interaction with the novel. For the readers of the Dracula Daily publication, this has led to a deeper sense of immersion in the novel Dracula. The findings of this thesis suggest that publishers of classical literary works could benefit from utilizing online serialized publication as a means to deepen the readers’ immersion in the text.Show less
This thesis delves into the concept of the queer 'Other' in Gothic literature, using Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein', Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' and Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' as...Show moreThis thesis delves into the concept of the queer 'Other' in Gothic literature, using Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein', Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' and Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' as examples to analyse the discourse surrounding the figure of the queer Other in nineteenth-century society. Key concepts are the (sexually) queer monster and queer(ing) space and social constructs.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Film- en literatuurwetenschap (BA)
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Dit eindwerkstuk houdt zich bezig met de rol van de vrouw in de vampierfilm. Hierbij worden de kenmerken van de vampier vastgesteld en wordt er gekeken naar zijn symbolische status en wat dit...Show moreDit eindwerkstuk houdt zich bezig met de rol van de vrouw in de vampierfilm. Hierbij worden de kenmerken van de vampier vastgesteld en wordt er gekeken naar zijn symbolische status en wat dit betekent voor zijn vrouwelijke tegenspelers. Zowel oudere vampierfilms, zoals Tod Brownings Dracula (1931), als nieuwere vampierfilms, zoals de Twilight Saga (2008-2012), worden besproken.Show less
This thesis discusses Victorian gender roles in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, George Eliot’s Middlemarch and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The Victorian Era had strict ideas about gender roles, which can...Show moreThis thesis discusses Victorian gender roles in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, George Eliot’s Middlemarch and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The Victorian Era had strict ideas about gender roles, which can be seen in the literature from that time. Jane Eyre is the earliest novel that is discussed and it presents a complex view of masculinity and femininity. It might seem, at first glance, that the characters are mostly conforming to the gender roles, but it becomes clear that the lines between both genders are blurred. This is also the case in Middlemarch, where meddling wives and insecure husbands destroy their own marriages and happiness. This nuanced view of both male and female characters defies the rigid gender roles of the time. Dracula, on the other hand, is focussed on femininity rather than masculinity. Manliness is still important in the novel, but the main focus is on the transformation women undergo when they are turned into vampires. The perfect woman turns into an evil seductress when she is bitten by Dracula, and her misdeeds are harshly punished. This black and white view of femininity, or gender in general, is absent in the other novels.Show less
This thesis researches to what extent traditional vampire folklore and the vampire myth as established in Dracula have shaped the twenty-first-century image of the vampire in the best-selling...Show moreThis thesis researches to what extent traditional vampire folklore and the vampire myth as established in Dracula have shaped the twenty-first-century image of the vampire in the best-selling Twilight Saga, as well as in the recent Vampire Academy series of novels. The main focus lies on the initial shaping of the vampire image. It critically explores the changes added by Bram Stoker, Stephenie Meyer, and Richelle Mead in order to ascertain the influences of modern-day authors' fantasy writings. It shows that the work of Meyer and Mead plays a pivotal role in the vampiric humanization process within the twenty-first century. In this process the vampire moves from evil zombie-like monster in vampire folklore, to Dracula's solitary aristocrat, to Meyer's society struggling with moral/ethical choices, to Mead's Fully socialized, modern world.Show less
This thesis aims to show that vampires of Bram Stoker’s Dracula are the victims of a patriarchal society, as well as a reaction to the upcoming feminist ideal of the New Woman during the fin de...Show moreThis thesis aims to show that vampires of Bram Stoker’s Dracula are the victims of a patriarchal society, as well as a reaction to the upcoming feminist ideal of the New Woman during the fin de siècle. Additionally, this thesis will show that the framework of the gothic empowers gender nonconforming men and women by subverting Victorian expectations surrounding marriage and gender. Stoker did not denounce the New Woman, but instead recognized the patriarchal Victorian society as a gothic structure that oppressed any man or woman who did not conform.Show less
This thesis targets count Dracula, in some of the many western cinematographic adaptations that have been based on Bram Stoker’s novel. The main objective is to show how this character can vary...Show moreThis thesis targets count Dracula, in some of the many western cinematographic adaptations that have been based on Bram Stoker’s novel. The main objective is to show how this character can vary across those films. Thereof, two theoretical axes will construct an epistemological device, to evince Dracula’s variations; these correspond to Jungian theory and Mieke Bal’s narratology.Show less
