An Analysis of the Relationship between Christianity and European Humanism from the Perspective of the Image Transformation of Vampires

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10.2991/etmhs-16.2016.59How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Vampire; image Transformation; Christianity; Humanism

Abstract

Vampires are monsters in European folklores. Their appearances and image transformation are in the close relationship with Christian doctrine and European humanism. This paper describes and analyzes the different characteristics of the vampire in different stages, and through the image transformation of the vampire from being ugly and horrible to charming reveals the coexistence of and the subtle relationship between religion and humanistic ideas. Introduction

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Ling Xiao
AU  - Juan Huang
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TI  - An Analysis of the Relationship between Christianity and European Humanism from the Perspective of the Image Transformation of Vampires
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 2nd International Conference on Education Technology, Management and Humanities Science
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 264
SN  - 2352-5398
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