Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 500+ posts. While some of you may have been with us from the start (thank you, loyal readers!), others may have joined us more recently.
So, we’re highlighting periodically some of the posts that have garnered a lot of views or that address topics of continuing interest in the current moment — posts that you may have missed or that you might want to revisit.
Today, we feature a post published in December 2023 and written by one of our graduate students for ENGL 801 “Graduate Studies in English” — a post which has been steadily gaining in readership since its initial publication, typically garnering several hits each day: “Mina Harker is More Than Just a Love Interest” by Destiny Munns (MA ’25).
In this analysis of Mina Harker as represented in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Destiny asks,
It can certainly be said that Mina is powerful in the film adaptation, but is the film’s portrayal more feminist? I don’t think so. […]
Through her collection and organization of the narrative in Stoker’s Dracula, Mina is given a voice. […] While she may not have complete freedom in her actions in Stoker’s novel, she is in control of the way her story is told.
Read more at “Mina Harker is More Than Just a Love Interest“ — and our thanks to Destiny for this contribution!
— Karin Westman, Department Head
K-State English 