HUMA 1780 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: World War I, Byronic Hero, Child Abduction
5 Jan 2016
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Reaction against preceding era of realism (like romanticism vs enlightenment: capturing reality. Reached a peak in berlin during the 1920s. The vampire by robert g. vignola in 1913. Inspired by rudyard kipling poem and burne=jones painting of vampires (1897) Vamp = american slang derived from vampiress. Based on the faust legend - making a pact with the devil. Based upon central european myths and legend. Creates a giant figure out of clay to defend the jewish, but the rabbi loses control of the. Found the most powerful expression in the cinema. Derived from: gothic, german mythology and folklore, mysticism, magic and the supernatural, grubeler - brooding introspection. Social factors: wwi: poverty, humiliation, defeat. German government banned foreign movies after wwi and the germans were made more and more films: culture of tension, fear, and dread. Cinematic conventions: emulated conventions of gothic novels: Narratives is based on elements of fantasy or horror, legend, folklore, superstition.
