ADAMOVÁ, Diana. Representation and Portrayal of Vampires in Film and Television Adaptations. In The Grotesque, Freakish and Bizarre in Anglophone Literatures and Cultures. 2017. ISBN 978-80-8105-877-6.
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Original name Representation and Portrayal of Vampires in Film and Television Adaptations
Authors ADAMOVÁ, Diana.
Edition The Grotesque, Freakish and Bizarre in Anglophone Literatures and Cultures, 2017.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Konferenční abstrakta
Field of Study 60204 General literature studies
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Organization Filozoficko-přírodovědecká fakulta – Slezská univerzita v Opavě – Repository
ISBN 978-80-8105-877-6
Keywords in English Representation; portrayal; vampires; film; television; adaptations
Tags ÚCJ
Tags International impact
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Abstract
Vampires were perceived as horrifying unnatural monsters and served to define the boundaries of the normal. As an abomination, every vampire had to be annihilated to reinstate the natural order. This perception changed in the twentieth century, when vampir es turned into the readers ́ subjects of identification and sympathy. The trend began in Anne Rice ́s Interview with the Vampire and was developed in the twenty- first century novels. Their adaptations allowed further characterization of the new type of a vam pire, who feels sympathy with humans and even falls in love with them. This development in the vampire ́s portrayal, from a hideous monster to a suffering hero, creates an important part of this paper, which deals with representation and portrayal of vampir es in various film and television adaptations of novels. The analysis focuses especially on the adaptations of Bram Stoker ́s Dracula, Anne Rice ́s The Vampire Chronicles and Charlaine Harris ́s The Southern Vampire Mysteries, concentrating on the way the vam pire characters are depicted in the chosen adaptations. Further, the paper presents whether and how the main vampire characters conceal their monstrosity, the way their true nature tends to be revealed, and whether they embody a hero or a villain in the st ory, as well as their perception by other characters.
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