FACT. in fact, that is the world’s first recorded instance of an ULTRA-FACT.
(via qwantz)
In a bid to make the most of that interest, George is launching, in September, what seems to be the world’s first master’s degree in vampire literature. “In the months I’ve been planning the conference I’ve fielded a huge number of inquiries from people all over the world who are interested in studying vampires, zombies and the undead at a higher level,” she says. “I had the idea of offering the master’s as a direct follow-up from the conference. I thought it was crucial to have a way of extending this burst of awareness.” The best papers from the conference will be collected in a book, which will become a textbook for the MA students.
George expects the course to become an annual staple that will outlast the current TV craze for all things vamp, because “vampires themselves change so much, and reflect contemporary society”. She says today’s vampires are glamorous and sexy, and have an emotional side.
(via The Guardian)
Oh boy.
Let the Right One In
I watched this in class last semester. It was alright, but not one I’d purchase or anything.
I’m watching Twilight for my Gender Comm paper. There isn’t enough liquor in Dublin to excite me for the next two hours of my life.
Hah. I’m actually doing a research project on “Vampirism as an Analogue for Rape Culture”. I plan to use Breaking Dawn from the Twilight series and Dracula.
If I could write about something other than “Let the Right One In”, I’d like to make an argument for a connection between Bram Stoker’s Dracula and rape culture.
That’s just my side thought, while I sit in my 225 minute lecture class—ostensibly a Tolkien seminar—watching a gory indie film about vampires.
And it’s a dubbed movie! Dubbed in English (from Swedish) with subtitles that don’t even match the English dubbing.
