The Portrayal of Count Dracula in Kostova’s The Historian, Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt’s Dracula: The Un-Dead and Newman’s Anno Dracula
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2016-06-15
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Dracula has become an almost legendary character since he first appeared in Bram Stoker’s identically named novel. The vampire villain has a rich afterlife and has inspired many adaptations. These adaptations are not limited to one medium only. The most prominent examples of media that have adapted Dracula are those in film and book form. Although this thesis focuses on three book adaptations of the Count, the connection to film adaptations is also discussed, because the influence of film within the three novels is undeniable. The book adaptations that are investigated are Elizabeth Kostova’s The Historian, Dacre Stoker and Ian Holts’s Dracula: The Un-Dead and Kim Newman’s Anno Dracula. It is noteworthy that although Bram Stoker did not create Dracula as a copy of Vlad Tepes, the three novels have adapted the vampire in such a way that he is Vlad Tepes. This is one of the aspects in which the book adaptations have been influenced by the film adaptations. For each novel the differences in Dracula’s appearance is investigated, but aside from that aspect the three adaptations have unique facets that are looked into. To be able to do this intertextuality serves as the main framework, but adaptation studies also play a part, especially since film is an important influence on the book adaptations.
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