LEITE, C. M. N.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3086681502841752; LEITE, Camila Moura do Nascimento.
Resumo:
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.
