{"id":2470,"date":"2024-07-19T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T01:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/ja\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2024-07-22T18:23:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T09:23:14","slug":"el%e6%9c%ac%e6%a3%9a%e7%b4%b9%e4%bb%8b93-dracula-the-graphic-novel-by-bram-stoker-and-jason-cobley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/2470\/","title":{"rendered":"EL\u672c\u68da\u7d39\u4ecb(93) Dracula: The Graphic Novel, by Bram Stoker and Jason Cobley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[Welcome to the EL Book Introductions series. These posts are all short (<180 words) introductions\/reviews of books in the EL library. They focus on telling you what we think will be interesting for you, a college student and English learner, so use them to help you find the right book for you. You can also use the <\/em>tags<em> to find books about topics you might be interested in.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>_______<\/p>\n<p>Like all of the titles in the \u201cClassical Comics\u201d series, <em>Dracula<\/em> is based on a very famous piece of literature. There have been countless film versions of <em>Dracula<\/em>, and the title character is an important cultural figure in the English-speaking world. <em>Dracula<\/em> also made a lot of rules about vampires famous, and they can now be seen in many television shows and movies, like <em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/em> (also available in the English Lounge).<\/p>\n<p><em>Dracula<\/em> is the name of a vampire lord who travels to England, attacks young women, and tries to turn them into his vampire brides. Mina Harker and a group of men who promise to protect her fight back, chasing Dracula back to his home country and saving England in the process. The original novel was written in \u201cepistolatory\u201d style, meaning that the whole book was a collection of letters, diary entries, and notes. This comic version keeps some of the letters and diary entries, but most of the story is told directly. The end of the book contains a vocabulary list and background about the novel. It also has an interesting short explanation of how the book was written.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My two cents:<\/strong> I think that this is worth checking out if you are interested in vampires and horror. However, it felt like there were a lot more words per page than <em>Frankenstein<\/em> or <em>A Christmas Carol<\/em>, so it may take you longer to read the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2452\" src=\"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/dracula-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/\/dracula-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/\/dracula-818x1024.jpg 818w, https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/\/dracula-1227x1536.jpg 1227w, https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/\/dracula-1636x2048.jpg 1636w, https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/\/dracula-994x1245.jpg 994w, https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/\/dracula.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Welcome to the EL Book Introductions series. 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