Fear and Anxiety in Bram Stoker's Dracula

Koprivnjak, Stipe

undergraduate thesis

Fear and Anxiety in Bram Stoker's Dracula

Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2024. urn:nbn:hr:142:175455

Koprivnjak, Stipe

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Koprivnjak, S. (2024). Fear and Anxiety in Bram Stoker's Dracula (Undergraduate thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:175455

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Koprivnjak, Stipe. "Fear and Anxiety in Bram Stoker's Dracula." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2024. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:175455

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Koprivnjak, S. (2024). 'Fear and Anxiety in Bram Stoker's Dracula', Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 28 December 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:175455

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Koprivnjak S. Fear and Anxiety in Bram Stoker's Dracula [Undergraduate thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2024 [cited 2024 December 28] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:175455

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S. Koprivnjak, "Fear and Anxiety in Bram Stoker's Dracula", Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2024. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:175455

Cite this item: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:175455

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Title	Fear and Anxiety in Bram Stoker's Dracula
Title (croatian)	Strah i tjeskoba u Drakuli Brama Stokera
Author	Stipe Koprivnjak
Mentor	Biljana Oklopčić (mentor)
Granter	Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Department of English Language and Literature) Osijek
Defense date and country	2024-09-16, Croatia
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline	HUMANISTIC SCIENCES Philology Anglistics
Abstract	Bram Stoker’s most known and most analyzed novel Dracula, written in 1897, has truly revolutionized the image of the vampire: from a monstrous blood-sucking demon to the charming and tantalizing nobleman – Count Dracula. The novel was not just written to change the image of the vampire but to use it as a symbol of the fears and anxieties of the Victorian era: the fear of the New Woman, overt sexuality and homosexuality as well as the anxiety of colonization of the British ideal of homogeneity. The aim of the paper is to reflect on the afore-mentioned Victorian fears and anxieties through the analysis of the concepts of the New Woman, vampirism, and the figure of Count Dracula as the ever-threating Other. The New Woman was a relatively new concept at the time, attempting to change the Victorian gender roles and give women more independence. The characters such as Mina Harker, Lucy Westenra, and the three vampire women each represent a different aspect of the New Woman. The Victorian fear of the taboo topics of sexuality and its representation is presented through vampirism as the cause of the characters’, both male and female, sexual awakening. Finally, the issue of British collapse and reverse colonialization is depicted through the character of Count Dracula as the representation of the Other, wishing to destroy British society and colonialize it.
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Language	english
URN:NBN	urn:nbn:hr:142:175455
Study programme	Title: English Language and Literature (double major) Study programme type: university Study level: undergraduate Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti)
Study programme	Title: Philosophy (double major) Study programme type: university Study level: undergraduate Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) filozofije (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) filozofije)
Type of resource	Text
File origin	Born digital
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Created on	2024-12-06 11:34:14

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