Слайд 1The evolution of
the vampire image
in Anglo-American literature
Слайд 2The Relevance
In 2008, in the United States on cinema screens in the movie of the
first book of Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight". I immediately was reminded of similar images of heroes, but from
other literary works. So was the predetermined theme of my research: "images of vampires in literature."
Слайд 3Examine the literature on the subjects of its study;
Perform a comparative analysis;
Conduct a reader survey of
the literature.
To determine how the mythical images of the immortals are interpreted in the literary works of Anglo-American literature.
Objective
Tasks
Слайд 4Hypothesis
It may be that many of these heroes have existed at one time
in another guise;
A similar villain is. ... the power that wants to evil and eternally performs good "(Goethe's" Faust ")
Suddenly filled with grief, to foreign being a
pessimist by nature.
Слайд 5Ghoul, like a living dead medieval folklore, was neither handsome or very tempting and was a corpse of a peasant
A classic
image of a vampire, so tightly embedded in our psyche and so popular in fantasy literature, is fairly recent in origin
First steps
Слайд 6at this time begins the folklore as a focused study of folk tales and writers and aristocrats just get the
opportunity to learn about themselves
this is the time of the final release of literature from
the influence of the Church
an image of a vampire has been associated with the spread of the genre of romanticism, characterized by personal view of things
Слайд 7Chapter 1.
Lord Ratven as the first literary vampire
In London, a strange man named Lord Ratven - classic Byronic type demonic seducer, attractive and repulsive at the
same time.
Actually, this image was recorded with Byron, who has held the reputation of a gloomy Aristocratic, which are
fuelled by rumours that Byron daily drank vinegar to keep the similar corpse.
Слайд 8John William Polidori
The first Dracula
The plot was very popular during the second half of the
19th century by Polidori was delivered several performances, which were sold out. Ratven was returning in many guises, becoming a
fictional celebrity no less than then, Vlad Dracula and even appearing in vaudeville and comedies
Слайд 9Chapter 2.
Between Ratven and Dracula
The next significant date in the evolution of the image of the Vampire-the year 1897 Bram Stoker created the Earl
of Dracula
Under the influence of Polidori had written many novels "tabloid" Vampire theme, such as "Varnej -vampire or
the feast of blood", written in1846-47 Thomas Preskettom Prest, and "Carmilla", j. Sheridan Le Fun sample 1872 onwards
Слайд 10Carmilla's history was in part a return to the roots of the vampire as a predator. Carmilla looked at 19, but was the Styrian Countess,
who died 150 years ago. The main type of extraction were young girls, in the House where she was under the
guise of «girls in trouble». She attacked during sleep, taking the form of big cats to keep their identity.
Слайд 11Chapter 3.
Bram Stoker's Dracula
The appearance of the image of the Vampire, which we are now used
to perceive as a benchmark, we basically have to Abraham(Bram) Stoker, the first publication of the novel which happened in the
year 1897
Слайд 12Stocker as canonized way of the Vampire, securing it and giving the totality of symptoms.
Stoker's book is now the «Unofficial Bible of the
vampires»
Слайд 13Chapter 4.
Evolution of the image of the graph, Vampire in film
Overlay legend about ghouls on the legend of Dracula made maintenance a hefty share
of the epic.
A good example of a vampire tabloid literature of the beginning of the twentieth
century is the story of the author's "vampires", hiding under the pseudonym b. Olshevri
Слайд 14The first movie about vampires “Secrets of House No. 5“ (1912)
"Vampyr" was submitted by Carl Theodor Dreyer (1932)
Universal Pictures released "Dracula's
daughter“ (1936)
“Return of the Vampire“ (1943)
Слайд 15“The horror of Dracula" with John Karradin (1944)
"Asylum“ (1944)
Richard Matheson introduced "I am
Legend“ (1954)
first book of comics " The tomb of Dracula“ (1971)
Слайд 16Chapter 5.
As "Twilight" have changed the way vampires
With the advent of the "Twilight" vampires have seem like something more than
just evil.
They have feelings, there is a favorite, as well as a desire to become human again.
"Twilight" vampires have
shown in the best light
Слайд 17Did "Twilight" vampires have fangs?
They do not feed on human blood, don't turn into bats, and not ignite in the Sun
They
still can easily kill
The biggest difference is that the Cullens they made love, loyal and to preserve human life
Слайд 191.The first stemmed from rationalism to the second half of the 20th century, which
seeks to provide a framework for any phenomenon minimum rationale
2.The second trend is the gradual
integration of the vampire in modern society
To summarize and highlight the main trend of modification of the vampire image
Слайд 21Thus, analyzing how developed the vampire image in works from different eras, I came to the conclusions:
every nation has their own
idea of vampires;
vampires present day strongly differ from their literary predecessors, but the desire to live and reign eternally is common
in these characters;
today's vampires have never been brought to readers as repulsive monsters, but rather attractive. They can bring up in our guts, determination, sacrifice and love for family and to life, which we granted more than.