Drácula de Bram Stoker: uma leitura póscolonial.

Abstract

The aim of this research is to analyze Dracula (1897), by the Irish writer Bram Stoker from a postcolonial perspective, with the theoretical support from researchers, such as: Said (1978, 1994), Spivak (2000), Gilbert and Gubar (2000), Dias (2011), among others. In English literature of the nineteenth century, it is possible to perceive some standards regarding to the representativeness of non-English peoples. The colonial relations which are made to the detriment of foreigners are often biased and prejudiced; they disqualify dark-skinned aliens and their respective cultures, and are generally portrayed under the rule of the English empire. An analysis of Stoker's Irish epistolary novel presents how the English imperialist influence represents its women - through Mina and Lucy - and how it perceives foreigners in a threatening and exotic way - Dracula and many other foreign characters, and the allegory of the shores of the European empire.