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DRACULA REVISITED HISTORY, MYTH AND FICTION NEW CERTIFICATE COURSE STARTING ON TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2015 TUTOR: DR. ANGELA JIANU © Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Warwick, 2015-6

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DRACULA REVISITEDHISTORY, MYTH AND FICTION

NEW CERTIFICATE COURSE STARTING ON TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2015

TUTOR: DR. ANGELA JIANU

© Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Warwick, 2015-6

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The Main Character:The Historical Dracula

Born in Transylvania in 1431, Vlad the Impaler is widely regarded as the model for Bram Stoker’s novel

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The Author:Bram Stoker

Born in Ireland in 1847, Stoker never travelled to Transylvania, yet a monument in his honour welcomes tourists to the Hotel-Restaurant ‘Dracula’ in Romania’s Bistriţa-Năsăud county

Photo: Angela Jianu, 2011

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The Tutor: Dr. Angela Jianu

Born in Transylvania, like Vlad, your tutor will guide you on a journey through the dramatic history of this multi-ethnic province, now part of Romania

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Hotel Castel Dracula

Dracula (aka Vlad the Impaler) never visited this picturesque place, yet this hotel/restaurant commemorates him. One can dine here, forgetting that Vlad had some pretty unsavoury eating habits... (see next slide)

Photo: Angela Jianu, 2011

Address: Pasul Tihuţa

Bistriţa-Năsăud, Romania

Website: http://www.hotelcasteldracula.ro/

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This German print from 1499 shows Vlad dining amidst a forest of impaled enemies.

Was his reputation for cruelty justified ?

And why was this reputation revived by Bram Stoker in late 19th -century Britain ?

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Britain and the Eastern Question, 1870-1918

Vlad the Impaler took part in 15th-c European crusades against invading Turks.

Did the myth of the ‘Terrible Turk’ survive into the late nineteenth century ?

In the aftermath of Ottoman crimes against Serbs and Bulgarians in the 1870s, William Gladstone published his pamphlet Bulgarian Horrors and the Question of the East (London, 1876)

Did Stoker draw on this new wave of anti-Ottoman feeling ?

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Dracula at the Movies

Who was the ‘best’ Dracula in film ?

Christopher Lee (1970)

Frank Langella (1979)

Tom Cruise (1994) ?

And could Dracula have been a woman ?

Anna Friel (2011)

Two sessions of the course will be devoted to Dracula in film

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Dracula TourismIn the 21st century Dracula would appear to be still un-dead and eminently saleable

What are the marketing strategies of ‘Dracula tourism’ ?

Is Transylvania likely to become a major tourist destination ?

© AFP Photo/Tertius Pickard

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Recommended preliminary reading:

Bram Stoker, Dracula (1897)

Ann Rice, Interview with the Vampire (1976)

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If you wish to explore these and related themesregister for the course before 20 October

Please contact the CLL or the course tutor for further details:

Centre for Lifelong LearningWestwood CampusUniversity of WarwickCoventry CV4 7AL

Tel: +44 (0)24 7652 4617Email: [email protected]

E-mail: [email protected]

Music playing through this slideshow: The Tale of Taliesin by Karl Jenkins, with Soft Machine (1976)