Dracula, the immortal of cinema: an archeology of the incarnations of the famous vampire in the audiovisual

Authors

  • Yuri Garcia Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ); Fundação Carlos Chagas de Amparo à Pesquisa do Rio de Janeiro (Faperj)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/fem.2017.191.03

Abstract

This article aims to outline a brief archeology of the incursions of the character “Dracula”, created by Bram Stoker, in the book of 1897 of the same name, in the movies. Although the work of Stoker is a major milestone of the English Gothic literature (and perhaps even of literature in general), it is in the audiovisual that we perceive a greater development of the vampire, achieving an unimaginable fame. In this case, we see that the influence of the media is an interesting modeler in the development of the vampire over the time. Its difference in mediatic device and different times of society and technological possibilities ends up presenting us an incredible variation of the initial literary product. We realize that talking about Dracula is never an exhaustible subject because a new audiovisual foray comes to reveal new possibilities about such a chameleonic being every year. Thereby, we will dive into the countless vampire film appearances, realizing how this being was transformed over the years and how it reaches its fullness as an immortal being by moving from paper to film.

Keywords: audiovisual, cinema, Dracula, transposition, media archaeology.

Author Biography

Yuri Garcia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ); Fundação Carlos Chagas de Amparo à Pesquisa do Rio de Janeiro (Faperj)

Doutorando em Comunicação Social na linha de Tecnologias da Comunicação e Cultura do Programa de Pós Graduação
em Comunicação da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), pesquisador bolsista da Fundação Carlos Chagas de Amparo à Pesquisa do Rio de Janeiro (Faperj). Mestre em Comunicação Social na linha de Tecnologias da Comunicação e Cultura do Programa de Pós Graduação em Comunicação da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Possui pós­graduação em Docência do Ensino Superior pela Universidade Cândido Mendes (UCAM-­IAVM)
e graduação em Comunicação Social ­Publicidade e Propaganda pelas Faculdades Integradas Hélio Alonso (FACHA). Atua nos grupo de pesquisa "Cartografias da Cibercultura: a Teoria da Mídia Alemã" e "Cartografias da Cibercultura: Epistemologia e Imaginário de um Novo Campo" coordenados pelo prof. Dr. Erick Felinto e o grupo "Livros e Cultura Letrada" (Ler, escrever, imprimir: as tecnologias de comunicação e seus usos), coordenado pelo prof. Dr. Márcio S. Gonçalves. Autor do livro "Drácula: o vampiro camaleônico" (2014).

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Published

2016-11-18

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2017): january/april

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