摘要

吸血鬼，在英文中为vampire，意思是僵尸，噬血之魔,一种由人类划分出来的种族.虽然他真正的人类历史只有300多年，但是在每个人心里它都存活了上千上万年，因为他的离奇而恐怖，高贵而迷幻的色彩。近百年来，随着中世纪以后浪漫主义文学和影视兴起，吸血鬼这个带有浓密的神秘色彩的名词不断在各种地方出现，也成为了近几个年代人们的感性膜拜的半神。本文结合吸血鬼形成的原因，发展，和影响对吸血鬼文化做出简要分析，介绍了吸血鬼文化的起源和发展以及其对当代文学的影响。

关键词：吸血鬼，吸血鬼文化，起源，发展，影响

Abstract

Vampire in English means zombies and the hemophagocytic demon, a racial divided from human race. Although it only existed about 300 years in human history, it has survived hundreds and thousands of years in people’s view because of its odd and ghostly, noble and psychedelic color. In the last century, with the emergence of romanticism literature and film, the term vampire with thick mysterious nature appeared in different places and worshipped as a semi God. The article probes into the origin and the development of the vampire culture and the influence of vampire culture on modern literature.

Key words: vampire, vampire culture, origin, development, influence. 

1.    Introduction
         With the popularity of the vampire culture in the modern city, people pay more attention on the mystery of vampires. Their charm smile and strong power make many females crazy. When I first watched the vampires on TV, I was sacred by their horrible countenance but soon, I was attracted by their unique temperament. In The Vampire Diaries, the vampires Damon and Stefan changed themselves just to protect a human girl Elena from being hurt by any people who intended to kill her. Gradually, I fell in love with vampire stories. And I want to know how vampires emerged in the world and why they are so prevalent in modern films and programs. Today, vampire is not only a simple body but a sign of culture in western countries especially in America. It is the curiosity that drives me to study the vampire books and step in a brand-new field where vampire is no longer a secret. I believe that vampire culture can to some extent represent western culture well as they were created by our ancestors, and the development of vampire actually reflects the development of western history. Anyone who read the vampire books can get further understanding of certain period. So I say that vampire is not only a touchable culture, it blends in people’s feelings to the society.