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- THE NARCOTIC GAZE: OCULAR IMAGERY AND THE VAMPIRE MOTIF IN "CHRISTABEL,""CARMILLA," AND "DRACULA" (SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, BRAM STOKER, JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU, IRELAND).
- Creator
- PARKER, BERLINDA ZELLNER., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
- Abstract/Description
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Superstitions of ocular power are timeless; tales of the evil eye and the vampire's locking gaze have permeated nearly every known civilization. For centuries the "oupire" has loomed ominously as one manifestation of darkness in the conflict of good and evil, and from the fertile soil of the legend, the literary vampire was spawned. In "Christabel," "Carmilla," and Dracula the eyes of the characters are used to manifest this "good versus evil" theme by aligning them with images of innocence...
Show moreSuperstitions of ocular power are timeless; tales of the evil eye and the vampire's locking gaze have permeated nearly every known civilization. For centuries the "oupire" has loomed ominously as one manifestation of darkness in the conflict of good and evil, and from the fertile soil of the legend, the literary vampire was spawned. In "Christabel," "Carmilla," and Dracula the eyes of the characters are used to manifest this "good versus evil" theme by aligning them with images of innocence or iniquity. Most characters are delineated through ocular impressions, and the unnatural brightness, dark heat, or seething scarlet of the vampire is set in contrast to the purity, ingenuousness, or steadfastness of the mortals. Sexual innuendo is also expressed through the eyes, tears are used to metaphorically cloud the vision, and open eyes become symbolic for receptiveness. The symbolic eyes of "Christabel," "Carmilla," and Dracula metaphorically illuminate this universal theme.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1982
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14121
- Subject Headings
- Vampires in literature, Evil eye, Eye in literature
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Vampire films and the social construction of whiteness.
- Creator
- McQueen, Michael Anthony., Florida Atlantic University, Budd, Michael N.
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This thesis explores the manner in which whiteness is represented and constructed in Western media through analysis of six narrative films about vampires. The study hypothesizes that vampire films have been underexamined as a site of contestation over the meanings of racial differences because they have been considered a "white" genre. Stuart Hall's encoding/decoding model is used as the principal methodology, but other theories (e.g. semiotics) are used to explore the subtexts of the films....
Show moreThis thesis explores the manner in which whiteness is represented and constructed in Western media through analysis of six narrative films about vampires. The study hypothesizes that vampire films have been underexamined as a site of contestation over the meanings of racial differences because they have been considered a "white" genre. Stuart Hall's encoding/decoding model is used as the principal methodology, but other theories (e.g. semiotics) are used to explore the subtexts of the films. The study pays attention to the historical moment of the films' production and explores instances where race works in tandem with gender to construct Others.
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- 1999
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15735
- Subject Headings
- Vampire films--History and criticism, Race relations in motion pictures, Whites in literature, Minorities in motion pictures
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- Document (PDF)
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- " Is it my fault my fangs come out when I'm turned on?": a feminist analysis of Pam and Jessica's vampire sexuality in the HBO television series True Blood.
- Creator
- Anderson, Ashley., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis analyzes Pamela Swynford De Beaufort and Jessica Hamby from the provocative HBO series, True Blood, in order to determine what hegemonic ideologies are reinforced through their sexual representation in the series. Through analysis based on concepts of the "vagina dentata" and "monstrous feminine," and in determining whether they fall victim to the Madonna/wore dichotomy, the question of Pam and Jessica's autonomous existence falls under scrutiny - particularly in regards to their...
Show moreThis thesis analyzes Pamela Swynford De Beaufort and Jessica Hamby from the provocative HBO series, True Blood, in order to determine what hegemonic ideologies are reinforced through their sexual representation in the series. Through analysis based on concepts of the "vagina dentata" and "monstrous feminine," and in determining whether they fall victim to the Madonna/wore dichotomy, the question of Pam and Jessica's autonomous existence falls under scrutiny - particularly in regards to their sexuality. Feminist scholarship is vital to this research in order to examine the often fetishized and marginalized sexuality of women who dare to exhibit transgressive behaviors. This thesis concentrates on Seasons One through Four of the series, and also utilizes meta-text from the official website related to each character in order to help answer the posed research questions.
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- 2012
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3356897
- Subject Headings
- Criticism and interpretation, Women in popular culture, Vampires on television, Lesbianism on television, Feminist theory, Philosophy in literature
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- Document (PDF)
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- "And yet God has not said a word!": Robert Browning and the romantic killer in literature.
- Creator
- Burns-Davies, Erin., Florida Atlantic University, Faraci, Mary
- Abstract/Description
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Robert Browning's dramatic monologues often characterize the darker aspect of romantic love through speakers who demonstrate their devotion to violence. Exploring the innovations in discourse, Browning gives his narrators voices that allow them to speak from an ancient literary tradition. For Browning's speakers, words make the silencing of the lover either the act of ultimate devotion or the result of disappointed expectations. The narrator speaks of the absence of God, as when Porphyria's...
Show moreRobert Browning's dramatic monologues often characterize the darker aspect of romantic love through speakers who demonstrate their devotion to violence. Exploring the innovations in discourse, Browning gives his narrators voices that allow them to speak from an ancient literary tradition. For Browning's speakers, words make the silencing of the lover either the act of ultimate devotion or the result of disappointed expectations. The narrator speaks of the absence of God, as when Porphyria's lover holds her body to him: "and yet God has not said a word!" With the poet's strong speech---in all his attractiveness, his destructive display of love and his dismissal of God---Browning has helped to create a discourse that has sculpted the literary force of the romantic killer. Three novelists in particular employ the literary force of Browning's experiments: Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat, Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho and Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lecter novels. Intertextual comparisons among these narratives delineate how Robert Browning's innovation of the seductive antihero has persisted in literature.
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- 2004
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13140
- Subject Headings
- Browning, Robert,--1812-1889--Influence, Browning, Robert--1812-1889--Criticism and interpretation, Violence in literature, Narration (Rhetoric), Rice, Anne,--1941---Vampire Lestat, Ellis, Brett Easton--American Psycho, Harris, Thomas,--1940---Criticism and interpretation
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- Document (PDF)
