Laycock, Joseph. "Real Vampires as an Identity Group: Analyzing Causes and Effects of an Introspective Survey by the Vampire Community." Nova Religio 14.1 (2010): 4,4-23. ProQuest Research Library. Web. 2 Nov. 2011.
I will be using this passage to conduct some of my research on vampires. This passage takes you on a journey with the writer as he explores the world of vampires. These people who believe they truly are vampires have created a group and live as a community. Although a vampire in our minds would be an outcast these people live somewhat normal lives. The writer writes about the everyday life of a vampire and how they cope with judgment. I am hoping that this passage will help me portray the today perspective on vampires. This is the here and now of my paper and it is very useful with great information.
Twilight. Dir. Catherine Hardwicke. Summit Distribution, 2008. DVD.
I will be using the book as well as the movie. This movie portrays the life of a vampire family in the twenty first century. Although this is fiction I believe that it is a great piece to bring my theory together. This movie has a lot of fanciful and imaginative perspectives of a vampire and it gives a different spin on what I would like to convey. It brings together the legend and its pieces as well as new and inventive theories. I believe this only makes my paper stronger by having the past, present, and fictional piece to put my theory together.
"vampire." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2009. Credo Reference. Web. 03 November 2011.
The encyclopedia has vampire listed under certain religions as well. This is quite interesting. It gives a background of the legend of the vampire and details of what people perceived of it. The encyclopedia lists the common happenings, where most stories came from, what a physical appearance of a vampire would be, as well as where they came from. This is all based on legend but this will be strong in my paper. I am hoping that this will help my paper because of its information on the origination of vampires. If I am going to write a good paper I should start by looking at the history of my subject.
I was thinking of the same thing, Twilight would be cool to tie it all in. I decided to do Vampires at the last minute and I am already excited about all the information that is out there! Everything looks great! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThe sources you are using seem interesting. Twilight is a good choice to use to help tie in the information about vampires. The other two sources I have never heard of or have never really used, but they seem very interesting. I wish you luck on your essay.
ReplyDeleteI'm very interested to see how your paper turns out. I went with something very different and it seems to be turning into a rather large project! It seems to be that all the sources you picked will be very helpful to your essay. I actually feel that this process was rather helpful in kind of giving a little structure and direction to the paper. Good luck on your essay.
ReplyDeleteHi Reanna,
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you have a great grasp on what your direction will be for your essay. I also choose vampires, but I chose a very different primary text. I think Twilight will be a great primary text to use and you see to have some other very useful sources. Best of luck.
Respectfully,
Rebekah