English Lit: OCR A Level Dracula revision notes

1 Context - Gothic Literature
- 1.1 Origins & Conventions of Gothic Literature
  1.1.1 Origins of Gothic Literature
  1.1.2 Key Ideas in Gothic Literature
  1.1.3 Gothic Genre Conventions in Dracula
- 1.2 Vampires in Gothic Literature
  1.2.1 Vampires
- 1.3 'Terror' & 'Horror'
  1.3.1 Ann Radcliffe & Lewis' The Monk
  1.3.2 'Terror' & 'Horror' in Dracula
- 1.4 Narrative Features
  1.4.1 First-Person Narration & Epistolary Format
2 Context - The Victorian Era
- 2.1 The Victorian Era
  2.1.1 Fin de Siecle
  2.1.2 The 'New Woman'
  2.1.3 The Contagious Diseases Act
3 Chapter Summaries & Analyses
- 3.1 Chapter Summaries & Analyses
  3.1.1 Chapters 1-2
  3.1.2 Chapters 3-4
  3.1.3 Chapters 5-7
  3.1.4 Chapters 8-10
  3.1.5 Chapters 11-12
  3.1.6 Chapters 13-14
  3.1.7 Chapters 15-16
  3.1.8 Chapters 17-18
  3.1.9 Chapters 19-20
  3.1.10 Chapters 21-23
  3.1.11 Chapters 24-25
  3.1.12 Chapters 26-27
4 Character Profiles
- 4.1 Archetypal Gothic Characters
  4.1.1 Stock & Proppian Gothic Characters
- 4.2 Count Dracula
  4.2.1 Count Dracula: Character Profile
  4.2.2 Count Dracula: Different Literary Perspectives
- 4.3 Other Main Characters
  4.3.1 Jonathan Harker
  4.3.2 Dr Abraham Van Helsing
  4.3.3 Dr Jack Seward
  4.3.4 Mina Harker
  4.3.5 Lucy Westenra
- 4.4 Minor Characters
  4.4.1 Arthur Holmwood & Quincey Morris
  4.4.2 Renfield
5 Key Ideas
- 5.1 Key Ideas
  5.1.1 Transgression of Boundaries
  5.1.2 The Supernatural & Un-dead
  5.1.3 Masculinity & Femininity
  5.1.4 Science, Modernity & Superstition
  5.1.5 Madness, Illness & Confinement
6 Writing Techniques
- 6.1 Writing Techniques
  6.1.1 Epistolary Form & Narrative Voice
  6.1.2 Intertextuality & Cultural References
  6.1.3 Structure
7 Critical Debates & Interpretations
- 7.1 Initial Reception of Dracula
  7.1.1 Initial Reception of Dracula
- 7.2 Modern Reception of Dracula
  7.2.1 Modern Reception of Dracula