从书本走向银幕-德古拉的形象变化分析_英语论文

From Book to Screen: A Study on the Image of Dracula 

摘要

对于吸血鬼小说进行影视改编，已经有几十年历史。近几年，吸血鬼小说更是成为热门影视改编题材。银幕上出现了大量吸血鬼形象，各式各样，有的令人感到新奇。德古拉是小说中的吸血鬼形象，也是公认最早的吸血鬼形象，后来经过大量改编，不断演变。本文将布拉姆·斯托克创作于1897年的小说《德古拉》中的德古拉形象与美国NBC电视台2013年出品的电视剧《德古拉》中的德古拉形象作比较，从生理、心理和社会关系这三方面进行德古拉形象改编的陈述与分析，主要着眼于德古拉形象的人性化变迁。本文认为，这种改变是现代人审美趋势和影视观感需求改变引起的，影视改编市场受众的多样化需求也是对德古拉这一文学形象的创新式改编原因之一。

关键词：德古拉 吸血鬼 人性化 影视改编 

Abstract 

The screen-adaptation of vampire novels has been decades old. In recent years, this kind of adaptation becomes more and more popular in the film and television market. So we can see that many variously images of vampires appearing on screen and some of them surprises audiences. In this trend, Dracula has been adapted many times as the first vampire image in the novel. In this thesis, I will contrast the two images of Dracula in the novel Dracula written by Bram Stoker in 1897 and in the TV series Dracula produced by NBC in 2013. By the contrast, the embodiment and analysis of his image change, especially his humanization change will be stated in three aspects, including physiological changes, psychological changes and social relationships changes. Then, this thesis will introduce some other cases in other similar adaptations to figure out the reasons why these changes are made, which are as follows: modern audiences have new aesthetics and tastes for films or TV series; enriching the diversity of screen works are expected in today’s film and television market; more scriptwriters begin trying a bold and more creative way of deconstructing and reconstructing literature images. 

Key words: Dracula vampire humanization screen-adaptation     

Contents

Introduction 1

1. Dracula’s Physiological Changes 1

1.1 The Contrast of Two Images Physically 2

1.2 Cause Analysis of Dracula’s Physiological Changes 3

2. Dracula’s Psychological Changes 4

2.1 The Embodiment of Humans’ Needs and Intelligence Activities on Dracula 4

2.2 How The Embodiment Illustrate Dracula’s Changes 7

2.3 Cause Analysis of Dracula’s Psychological Changes 8

3. The Changes of Dracula’s Social Relationships 9

3.1 Some Important Figures’ Relationship Changes with Dracula 9

3.2 The Change of Dracula’s Social Roles 11

3.3 Cause Analysis of the Changes of Dracula’s Social Relationships 11

Conclusion 12

Bibliography 13

Acknowledgment 14