Wednesday, February 13, 2008
New Historicism
Whilst reading Dracula, I found it very easy to understand why the theory of New Historicism pertained well to the text. The reader must understand the historical context of the novel in order to understand the relationship between Johnathan and Dracula. The reader must also understand why Mr. Harker was so notriously ignorant of the warnings he received before arriving at the Count's Castle. He viewed these people as peasants and because of that, he ignored their warnings. Mr. Harker's ignorance can be viewed as a socially set state of mind which deals with New Historicism. To understand his actions best, you must understand what was going on in that time period and understand his peoples culture thoroughly.
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i agree to zariyev, that jonatthan did ignore the signs, which peasants were giving it to him . Especially when the lady mentioned to Mr. Harker that "it is the eve of St. George's Day and tonight when the clock stikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway"(pg.5), this shows that lady was giving him a warning, that he should not go at this time but Jonatthan totally ignored the advice, which relates in depth with New historicism.
I agree with Zariyev that to you have to understand what was going on in that time period. For instance superstitions wasn't believe by people who believed in the facts and the fables.
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