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This thesis was about answer to this question:In the novel we see various media technologies that are new in that period. Why is Bram Stoker fascinated with them? What is the relationship between these technologies and Dracula?
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ASIU (ASIU102)
Institution
Koç University
Book
Dracula
I wrote a long thesis by answering to this question giving examples from history.
5-) In the novel we see various media technologies that are new in that period. Why is Bram
Stoker fascinated with them? What is the relationship between these technologies and Dracula?
During the Late Victorian era, we encounter with emerging technologies and innovations.
When we consider social and historical background of the society, these novel gadgets and
machines are very fascinating. During the Victorian era, many technological inventions took
place such as bicycles, trains, the railways and the steamships. These inventions may have
caused potential concerns among people because everyday routines of people change
dramatically. Also, child labor was used extensively during Victorian era along with replacement
of humans with machines. Both advents of technology and detrimental effects of it played a role
acceptance of new technologies by the society. In Dracula, we see many aspects of technology
integrated in the story. Moreover, the form of the novel is a product of media technology because
the characters in Dracula communicate through telegraph.
Characters in this novel depict a technological use for the purpose of media and
communication. Mina used the typewriter, Dr. Seward uses phonograph and Mina and Harper
use short hand. Bram Stoker enthusiastically refers to these technologies and he creates up to
date and convincing story of the era. But when we consider technologies of that era, the media
technologies in Dracula appear more advanced and futuristic. For example, Mina’s typewriter
had better function in qualities from other typewriters existed at those times. Stoker creates a
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