Political Literature2.
Consider Dracula as an epistolary novel (that is, a novel written in the form of letters).
- What does this device do to the narrative? Does it help to remove or protect the reader from the full horror of what is being described?
- How does the structure of Dracula work to promote or undermine its political message? If Bram Stoker is trying to write a novel justifying and embracing British colonialism,
- Does the fact that his novel is all conveyed third hand help to cover over and distance from the violence of colonialism?