EN119 Lecture Notes - Vlad Ii Dracul, Blood Transfusion, Animal Magnetism
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Week 7 lecture 1 february 26th, 2013. Dracula as a response to that context (class conflict) The gothic genre functions as a context specific expression of cultural anxieties, and embodies these as monsters : victorians were afraid of. Aquiline, arched, lofty, profusion, fixed, sharp, white, pallor, power, privilege. Defines and describes a work of fiction which takes its title from the main character. Dracula is the title even though he is not the main character. Hamlet is an eponymous play; tess of the d"urbervilles is an eponymous novel. Circulation documents, etc, circulates amongst the group, round, continuous etc. One character, one hero, one circulatory force, mingling of blood. Every time this is done to lucy there is danger towards her. The courage for arthur to step down: voluntary withdraw from power, those who do not are monsters and need to be taken down. The dark subconscious: areas of the brain that let loose, uncivilized urges.
