- Dracula
- is
- an
- 1897
- novel
- by
- Irish
- author
- Bram
- Stoker,
- featuring
- as
- its
- primary
- antagonist
- the
- vampire
- Count
- Dracula.
- Dracula
- has
- been
- attributed
- to
- many
- literary
- genres
- including
- vampire
- literature,
- horror
- fiction,
- the
- gothic
- novel
- and
- invasion
- literature.
- Structurally
- it
- is
- an
- epistolary
- novel,
- that
- is,
- told
- as
- a
- series
- of
- diary
- entries
- and
- letters.
- Literary
- critics
- have
- examined
- many
- themes
- in
- the
- novel,
- such
- as
- the
- role
- of
- women
- in
- Victorian
- culture,
- conventional
- and
- conservative
- sexuality,
- immigration,
- colonialism,
- postcolonialism
- and
- folklore.
- Although
- Stoker
- did
- not
- invent
- the
- vampire,
- the
- novel's
- influence
- on
- the
- popularity
- of
- vampires
- has
- been
- singularly
- responsible
- for
- many
- theatrical
- and
- film
- interpretations
- throughout
- the
- 20th
- and
- 21st centuries.
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