Abstract Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.
Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.
Dracula has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature. The novel touches on themes such as the role of women in Victorian culture, sexual conventions, immigration, colonialism, and post-colonialism. Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, he defined its modern form, and the novel has spawned numerous theatrical, film and television interpretations.
This paper aims to make a further research of the novel Dracula. With the wide spreading of the vampire film and TV series, more and more people become crazy about the vampires. What’s the history of this legend? In which background did the author write this novel? What’s the ideas or purpose of the novel? The thesis of the paper is to find out the answers and study the culture of the Vampire.
The paper mainly has five parts. First part is about introducing the history and influence of the vampire culture. And the elements of the culture reflected in the novel will be briefly discussed. The second part is the further discussion about the elements of vampire culture in Dracula like the characters and the thesis. In the third part, the potential and profound substance would be envolved to understand the implication of the novel better. The fourth part is close to our mordern life since the vampire movie and tv series are hot in recent years. This part will show people how Dracula impacts on the modern works. The final part concludes that the pop culture of vampire is mainly originated from Dracula.
Key words: vampire, history, background
摘要
《德克拉》是爱尔兰作家布拉姆•斯托克于1897年出版的以吸血鬼为题材的哥特式恐怖小说。
这部小说以15世纪时瓦拉几亚（罗马尼亚南部一公国）的领主弗拉德三世为原型创做的。小说中的主人公德拉库拉有别于以往古代神话和传说中的吸血鬼丑陋、没有智力的动物形象，作者将吸血鬼描绘成文质彬彬、聪明、具有吸引异性魅力，能够控制受害人的思想的绅士。这本小说的成功和流行使得德拉库拉成为吸血鬼的代名词。这本书和另一本关于吸血鬼的小说《Carmilla》一起成为吸血鬼文化的经典小说。7064
本文旨在对小说《德克拉》进行论文研究。随着以吸血鬼为题材的电影和电视剧的大热，越来越多的人为之疯狂。吸血鬼传奇背后究竟有何历史？小说《德克拉》的作者在写这部小说时的写作背景是什么？他当时的创作目的是什么？本文的主题就是为了找出这些答案，了解学习更多有关吸血鬼文化。本文将从四方面进行阐述。第一部分是关于小说作品里吸血鬼文化的历史影响并，浅谈小说《德克拉》中的吸血鬼元素。第二部分主要深入讨论小说中的元素，例如人物形象与小说的中心思想等等。第三部分为了能让读者更好地理解小说的内在含义，将深入分析小说《德克拉》的内涵深意和中心思想。第四部分将结合当下热门的吸血鬼题材的电影电视剧来谈谈小说给现代影视作品带来的深远影响。最后的总结部分概述了小说《德克拉》是现代吸血鬼流行文化的起源。
关键词：历史，写作背景，吸血鬼文化
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements i
Abstract ii
摘要 iii
1. Introduction 1
1.1 The Historical Development of Vampire Culture 1
1.2 The Influences of Dracula 2 小说《德克拉》试论吸血鬼文化:http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_4823.html