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RSSS 315 (Sixth Week)

RSSS 315 (Sixth Week). Slavic Folklore: Vampires and Werewolves. Basic information. Instructor: George Gutsche Teaching assistants: Kenny Cargill, Paula McCambridge gutscheg@u.arizona.edu D2L; http://russian.arizona.edu/courses/vampires Office hours: T 11-12:30 or by appointment.

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RSSS 315 (Sixth Week)

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  1. RSSS 315 (Sixth Week) Slavic Folklore: Vampires and Werewolves

  2. Basic information • Instructor: George Gutsche • Teaching assistants: Kenny Cargill, Paula McCambridge • gutscheg@u.arizona.edu • D2L; http://russian.arizona.edu/courses/vampires • Office hours: T 11-12:30 or by appointment

  3. Exam Today!

  4. Boris Karloff 1887-1969 • English, then Canadian, then American • Willliam Pratt, then Boris Karloff • Not Slavic or East European

  5. Klaus Kinski 1926-1991 • German-Polish heritage • Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night 1979

  6. Dracula: Chapters 8-13 • Marriage in Budapest • Continuing adventures of Renfield • Van Helsing summoned by Seward • First of four transfusions (Arthur) • Next: Seward, Van Helsing, and Quincey Morris

  7. Dracula continued • Safeguards: do they work? • Escape of the wolf • Renfield getting stranger • As Lucy gets worse, status situation of Mina improves • Lucy gets weaker, sharper teeth! Danger to Arthur • Lucy dies (VH says: only the beginning) • Harker sees Dracula on the street • News reports of a “bloofer” lady

  8. Whitby and London

  9. Literature into Film: Challenges • Background information • Imagery • Suggestiveness • Inner dialogue, monologue

  10. Quick Review • Folklore accounts of the 1700s • German poetry: Ossenfelder, Goethe, Bürger • English poetry: Southey, Byron • English short stories: Byron, Polidori • French and English plays and novels • Russian and German stories • All lead to Carmilla and Dracula

  11. Carmilla • Lesbianism • Setting on edge of Eastern Europe (part of Styria is in Slovenia today) • Influenced literature and films • Hammer's The Vampire Lovers (1970) • Carl Theodor Dreyer's Vampyr (1932) • Numerous others

  12. Austro-Hungarian Empire (Styria=12)

  13. First published in Dark Blue, December, 1871 through March of 1872. Some have said: "probably the best vampire story of all" Diminished Gothic's emphasis on external sources of terror Focus on the psychological effects Lesbian theme would be productive in later fiction and film Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, 1814-73

  14. Film Versions of Carmilla/Bathory: The Hunger (1983)

  15. Daughters of Darkness (1971) • Another cult “classic” • Harry Kumel • Combines Carmilla and Bathory

  16. Nosferatu films (German) • Murnau’s Symphony of Horror 1922 • Herzog’s Nosferatu 1979

  17. More folklore accounts to consider (Russian) • Death at the Wedding • Bucket of Blood • Sorcery

  18. Background for Stoker • Biography 1847-1912 • Irish; college; civil servant, journalist, drama critic • Personal secretary to Henry Irving (actor) in England • Married, one child • Wrote novels and short stories (18 books) • Dracula 1897 – best known

  19. General remarks • Stoker’s narrative • Stoker’s stylistic devices • Stoker and science • Stoker sites

  20. Literature into Film: Challenges • Background information • Imagery • Suggestiveness • Inner dialogue, monologue

  21. General interpretations of werewolves • Psychological • Sociological • Ideological

  22. More on Reality-Based Vampires • Perkowski’s Psychic vampires • Psychology of sucking, biting, thirsting, death and rebirth • Links with milk and blood • Oral sadism • Attraction, repulsion ambivalence • Projection: revenge of the dead

  23. Woman Empowered: Lucy and Nosferatu • Men are secondary • Van Helsing’s role diminished • Jonathan in a trance • Face to face with Dracula: she is not afraid • Terms of the sacrifice: purity of heart plus dawn • Does He hope that she will win?

  24. “The Family of the Vurdalak” Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoi 1817-75

  25. Afanas’ev’s Bucket of Blood

  26. Forensic bases • Burial practices • Decomposition: features • Decomposition: duration • Possible to explain vampires

  27. Key facts • Shallow or no graves • Bloating during decomposition • Fluids expelled during decay • Dead bodies make noises • Decomposition generates heat • Skin shrinks back • Corpses attract wolves • Puncturing is the best treatment for bloat

  28. Carl Dreyer’s Vampyr (1932) • Famous expressionist film director (Danish; 1889-1968) • Evil presence, atmosphere • Two daughters, one “infected” • Reassuring male presence

  29. Theater background 1931 “hit” Career swings Sad ending Bela Lugosi 1882-1956

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