The Representation of the Medieval in Dracula: Untold (2014), and its Influences as an Adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
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2015-06-15
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This thesis will explore the place of Bram Stoker’s Dracula within the 19th century cultural and literary construction of the Gothic medieval, and the nostalgia for the noble past of the Middle Ages. Based on this analysis it will further explore the afterlives of Dracula through its adaptations leading up to the recent film Dracula: Untold, and how these things reveal the way western culture perceives the connection between Vlad Dracula as a fictional character and cultural icon, and Vlad Tepes as a historical figure. Finally, this thesis will explore several academic views and classifications of the contemporary representation of the medieval in 21st century fiction, and use them to analyse Dracula: Untold as a contemporary film which takes place in a medieval setting.
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Faculteit der Letteren