Abstrakt: | The author studies the traces of vampire consciousness, verbalised by the vampire representatives
of popular culture. The “new literary vampire” created by Stephenie Meyer in her
cycle of novels entitled Twilight, is the subject to the present research.
The identity of a contemporary literary vampire is both individual and collective. The vampire
is aware of being part of a group characterised with specific psycho‑physical
features and
dietary needs, but he/she also manifests a strong sense of being an individual who, though resembling
his/her kinsmen, feels special and unique, existing in the world and experiencing it
individually. The vampire’s textually mediated identity maintains the features of a human being
whom he/she was before transformation, yet, quite understandably, it also derives from his/her
vampire’s existence. |