A Brief Note On Who ' S Afraid Of The Frankenstein Monster?

Films made in the 1930’s emphasised on the monster and gore. ‘When seen through the eyes of the original audiences, critics and censors, the thirties Horrors were a fairly nasty lot.’(3) Dracula was the first classic Horror film in the 1930’s, which contained sound. It received financial success as well as negative responses from critics. They saw these types of movies and had to consider

voice. 1. Introduction In this paper I will examine Stoker′s novel Dracula in order to determine whether it belongs to the Gothic genre or not. Firstly, a short history of the Gothic novel will be presented and the most important authors and works of the era will be mentioned. Furthermore, the different characteristics of the Gothic genre will be examined in order to compare them with Stoker′s work. Aspects like nature, surroundings, atmosphere, the role of the

The University of Chicago Press Published by arrangement with Oxford University Press, Inc. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 © 1974 by Oxford University Press, Inc. All rights reserved. English translation. Originally published 1974 Note on Translation © 1991 by the University of Chicago University of Chicago Press edition 1991 Printed in the United States of America 09 08 07 6 7 8 9 10 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Metz, Christian. [Essais sur la signification