Source Summary

1:

a. Pierce, Sarah E. From demon to daimon: A mythic and depth psychological analysis of the American hero vampire

b. Exploring the image of the vampire as a superhero and what it suggests to American psyche. 

2:

a. LaPerriere, Maureen-Claude. Unholy transubstantiation: Christifying the vampire and demonizing the blood

b. The vampire figure and its transubstantiation related to Christian traditions.

3:

a.  Bryce, Devon Elizabeth. Surviving the change: The domestication of the vampire in literature, film, and television

b.  Exploring the transformation and innovation in vampire genre to prove the theory of the domestication of the vampire.

4:

a.   Morrison, R D. Metamorphoses of the vampire in literature and film: cultural transformations in Europe, 1732-1933

b. The metamorphosis of the vampire in literature and film with the transformation of Europe culture.

5:

a. Crawford, Heide A. The origins of the literary vampire in German horror ballads from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries

b. The thesis traces the origins of the literary vampire in German horror ballads to rediscover the traditional vampire genre and its influence.

6:

a.  Guyant, Valerie L. Vixen, virgin or vamp? Female characters in vampire literature past and present

b. The representation of female characters in vampire literature form past to present.

7:

a.  Oakley, Samantha. "I Could Kill You Quite Easily, Bella, Simply by Accident.": Violence and Romance in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" Saga.

b. Explore the violence and romantic relationships in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" Saga.

8:

a. Strumer, Andre Marc. The creatures of the night: Vampires from books to films.

b. A study explores how the transformation of vampire occurs from books to films.

9:

a. Heldreth, Leonard G. Vampires in Film and Television.

b. Analyze the role of vampires in television and motion pictures.

10:

a.  Backstein, Karen. (Un)safe Sex: Romancing the Vampire

b. The changes of vampire film in 21century: the idea of desire and control.

11:

a. McGuire, Amanda Z. The enduring lure of the vampire: Sadomasochistic subtexts in postmodern America.

b. Exploring the evolution of the vampire theme from its initial appearance in English literature to current incarnation in modern American culture.

12:

a. Bailie, Helen T. Blood Ties: The Vampire Lover in the Popular Romance

b. The vampire love in the popular romance and what it influences to vampire genre works.

13:

a. Burr, Vivien. Ambiguity and Sexuality in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Sartrean Analysis

b. Analysis of ambiguity and sexuality in the film Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

14:

a. Shannon Winnubst. Vampires, Anxieties, and Dreams: Race and Sex in the Contemporary United States

b. How the vampire film shows racism, sexism, and heterosexism in contemporary U.S. culture.

15:

a. Taylor, Anthea. “The urge towards love is an urge towards (un)death”: Romance, masochistic desire and postfeminism in the Twilight novels.

b. Discuss the romance and masochistic desire elements in Twilight saga.

16:

a. Kent Casper, Susan Linville. Romantic Inversions in Herzog's Nosferatu

b. Thematic ironies and romantic inversions in Herzog's Nosferatu.

17:

a. Powell, Anna. Duration and the Vampire: A Deleuzian Gothic.

b. The Gothic's remarkable affects and temporal effects in the film Interview with the Vampire.

18:

a. Turner, Jenny. The Beautiful Undead.

b. The article writes about the beautiful vampire character in the film Twilight.

19:

a.   Meyer, Jenna. "You're a vampire... Was that an offensive term? Should I say 'undead American'?" The evolution of the vampire in popular culture.

b. The evolution of the vampire in popular culture and what the evolution reflects.

20:

a. Roth, Lane. Dracula Meets the Zeitgeist: Nosferatu (1922) as Film Adaptation.

b. Concerning the revision of the vampire character in the film Nosferatu and its reason.

21:

a. Lepore, Jill. Death, Sex and Vampires.

b. Study about the vampire in the films Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter related to sex and death.

22:

a. Lynch, Jason. NEW MOON'S NEW VAMPIRES.

b. A interview about the American vampire film and the ideas of the portrayal of evil vampire characters.

23:

a. Davis, Kathy Sue. Sympathy for the Devil: Female Authorship and the Literary Vampire.

b. Female author’s revision of the vampire and the embodiment of contradictory impulses.

24:

a. Markovitz, Adam. Neck at Night: How Scary Are Vampires on Film?

b. Comparing the changes of the images of vampire from different vampire films.

25:

a. McQueen, Michael Anthony. Vampire films and the social construction of whiteness

b. The white genre of vampire films and how the whiteness is represented and constructed.

26:

a. Bendel, Jared A. A Queer Perspective: Gay Themes in the Film "Interview with the Vampire".

b. Argument focuses on gay themes while proposing a same-sex family in the vampire film "Interview with the Vampire".

27:

a. Hefner, Brooks E. Rethinking Blacula: Ideological Critique at the Intersection of Genres.

b. The analysis of the film Blacula related to ideological critique.

28:

a.   Grossman, Gael Elyse. The evolution of the vampire in adolescent fiction.

b.   Comparing the vampire literature in history and its appearance in recent young adult novels and explore its evolution.

29:

a. Cortes Lopez, Camille L. The new face of the vampire: Autobiographical fiction in Anne Rice's "The Vampire Chronicles"

b. How Anne Rice's creating the new figure of vampire in "The Vampire Chronicles" and what it represents in social aspects.

30:

a. Benefiel, Candace R. Blood Relations: The Gothic Perversion of the Nuclear Family in Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire.

b. The vampire paradigm in Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire and the gothic perversion of its family relationship.