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Vampirism and Queerness in Nineteenth-Century Literature
ZEMANOVÁ, Eva
The aim of this thesis is the analysis of the connection between vampirism and queerness in Bram Stoker's Dracula and Florence Marryat's The Blood of the Vampire. The Master's thesis is divided into three parts. The first part examines the relationship of Victorian England to sexuality and the connection between queerness and the 19th-century Gothic novel. We will pay attention to the different perceptions of male and female homosexuality and the portrayal of the so-called "Others" in contemporary literature. In the second part, we will focus on the interpretation of Dracula in terms of queerness, namely through Count Dracula and the role he plays in the novel, including his relations to the other male characters in the novel. The third part concentrates on the analysis of The Blood of the Vampire, describing the fate of female vampire Harriet Brandt. Finally, the thesis explores the aspects of Harriet's Otherness that Harriet threatens Victorian society with, as well as the ambiguous understanding of this work.
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Evolution of the Vampire Character in Popular Culture - From the Beast to the Idol
ČERNÁ, Eva
The theme of the bachelor's thesis is an analysis of the evolution and transformation of the vampire character, from beast to idol in popular culture, in response to the cultural - historical development of society. Vampire monster is characterised at work based on Bram Stoker's novel. The analysis of idol is based on books and film adaptations of Stephanie Meyer's works - The Twilight Saga and L.J. Smith - Vampire Diaries.
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Liminalita v románu Brama Stokera Drákula a dekadentní prvky díla
MIFKOVÁ, Zuzana
This these first characterizes the decadent elements of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula in the context of late Victorian literature and generally tries to define the concept of liminality according to the approach of Arnold van Gennep (Rites of Passage) and Victor Turner (The Ritual Process). The core of the work is the interpretation of the category of liminality based on a literary analysis of Stoker's novel, including the identification of motifs and themes related to the term liminality, and the concept of the supernatural and the category of otherness (the uncanny) as defined by S. Freud in Das Unheimliche. The thesis focuses on the topic of crossing the border between the human sphere and the supernatural world and tries to interpret the concept of liminality in the context of the work of the late Victorian period.
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Bram Stoker's novel Dracula and its film adaptations: A comparative analysis
Víznerová, Pavlína ; Bílek, Petr (advisor) ; Činátlová, Blanka (referee)
The master thesis analyses and compares the main characters of three significant works concerning the Dracula theme. It provides a comparison of Bram Stoker's Dracula and its film adaptations, namely Nosferatu - Die Symphonie des Grauens (1922) directed by F. W. Murnaua and Dracula (1992) by F. F. Coppola. The work contrasts the interpretation of a vampire through the character of Dracula, analyses and maps the evolution of female characters in regard to the rules and expectations of society and examines the role of the two most distinct male characters of the story, A. Van Helsing and R. M. Renfield. The three introductory chapters are dedicated to the authors of the works concerned and to the novel and its adaptations, i.e. it describes the circumstances of their conception and their content. The Bram Stoker chapter also comprises a brief characterization and an overview of the gothic novel, the section handling the Nosferatu movie provides a subchapter on expressionist film and the chapter on the work of F. F. Coppola is supplemented with a short outline of the notion of a vampire in pop culture of the 20th century. The first chapter of the comparative analysis concerns the comparison of Dracula character in the novel and its two film adaptations based on the narratological theory of Bohumil...
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Narrative Techniques in Bram Stoker's Dracula (Vyprávěcí postupy v románu Brama Stokera Drákula)
NAVRÁTIL, Martin
In the beginning, the bachelor thesis characterizes the late Victorian era in the context of literature related to Scottish and Irish authors who focused on the era of decadence (Stevenson, Wilde, Stoker). The intention of the theoretical part is to analyze narrative techniques used in Bram Stoker's epistolary novel Dracula. This part of the thesis defines narrative techniques and their function in general. The main intention is the analysis and the application of techniques used in Dracula. The thesis also compares techniques and narrative processes with the characteristics of the Victorian Era and the English literary tradition.
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Analysis of Selected Horror Stories by Bram Stoker and Sheridan LeFanu/Analýza vybraných hororových povídek od Brama Stokera a Sheridana LeFanu
MICHAL, Vojtěch
This diploma work topic will focus on Bram Stoker and Joseph Sheridan LeFanu and their Irish horror stories, offering a brief history of the horror genre, with a special focus on stories rather than full-length novels. Although a few of the stories take place in Ireland, most are set outside of Stoker's and LeFanu's native country, so a brief background of Anglo-Irish Protestant population and especially their literary aspirations will be necessary in order to put these stories in their proper context. LeFanu and Stoker clearly associated themselves with Protestants but felt compassion towards the plight of the Catholics. A historical background to the Anglo-Irish religious conflict is therefore important to include as well. These stories were popular and written to horrify in order to satisfy the Victorian reader, so the context of the Victorian readership's historical views associated with Ireland will also be taken into consideration.
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The Image of the Prince Vlad III. Ţepeş (Dracula) in Literature
Schneiderová, Andrea ; Valentová, Libuše (advisor) ; Vajdová, Libuša (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on an important historical character, the Wallachian prince, Vlad the III. Tepes, otherwise known as Dracula. Vlad III. was a prominent figure in the Romanian history and its literature. One of the oldest Romanian literary works is partly about his person, mainly a celebration of his reign and himself. Some works, also covered in this thesis, make it difficult to fully understand his role as they depict the ruler as a vampire and a negative figure in the fictional literature and the history of Romania. The introduction of this work focuses on the life and reign of this ruler. The second part examines literature with Vlad III. as a protagonist. Works of different genres and origins (English, Romanian, Czech) will be used as examples. The last part establishes a comparison between these literary works and also a comparison of documented historical facts against myths and superstitions. The chosen works are, Bram Stoker: Dracula, Ion Budai-Deleanu: Ţiganiada, Corneliu Leu: Plângerea lui Dracula a Jaroslav Tichý: Kníže Dracula a jiné hradní pověsti. A characteristics of the work, analysis of characters and the storylines, the circumstances behind the origins of each work and its possible future influences on the other works will be stated.
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Bram Stoker's novel Dracula and its film adaptations: A comparative analysis
Víznerová, Pavlína ; Bílek, Petr (advisor) ; Činátlová, Blanka (referee)
The master thesis analyses and compares the main characters of three significant works concerning the Dracula theme. It provides a comparison of Bram Stoker's Dracula and its film adaptations, namely Nosferatu - Die Symphonie des Grauens (1922) directed by F. W. Murnaua and Dracula (1992) by F. F. Coppola. The work contrasts the interpretation of a vampire through the character of Dracula, analyses and maps the evolution of female characters in regard to the rules and expectations of society and examines the role of the two most distinct male characters of the story, A. Van Helsing and R. M. Renfield. The three introductory chapters are dedicated to the authors of the works concerned and to the novel and its adaptations, i.e. it describes the circumstances of their conception and their content. The Bram Stoker chapter also comprises a brief characterization and an overview of the gothic novel, the section handling the Nosferatu movie provides a subchapter on expressionist film and the chapter on the work of F. F. Coppola is supplemented with a short outline of the notion of a vampire in pop culture of the 20th century. The first chapter of the comparative analysis concerns the comparison of Dracula character in the novel and its two film adaptations based on the narratological theory of Bohumil...
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