The Vampire Genre (v.s)
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Attempt to define the vampire genre by tracing it's history. Discuss also the importance of generic conventions and audience expectation.
When discussing vampire genre we must first try to define what a genre is. A genre is a particular type of media commodity. It has certain features and character ....
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.... that are usually followed in the vampire genre even today.
First published in 1897, the story is told through the diaries of a young solicitor, Jonathan Harker, his fiancee Mina, her friend Lucy Westenra and Dr John Seward, the superintendent
of a large mental asylum at Purfleet in Essex. It begins with Harker's journey to Count Dracula's castle in Transylvania in connection with the Count's purchase of an estate adjoining Dr Seward's asylum. After various horrifying experiences at ....
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