Vampires and Infection in Croatian Literature

Vampire characters in Croatian literature are a rare and marginal occurrence within fantastic Gothic literature, their main task is to undermine the existing social order. Since late 17th century, vampires were part of folklore writings archive documents which they an explanation for spread infectious diseases unexplainable epidemics, while from Romanticism onwards, moved became metaphors familial violence, mental physical illnesses individuals society as whole. The author analyses vampire vampirism presented popular novels by Boris Perić Robert Naprta. In these novels, function multi-layered related to, inter alia, war traumas. Both feature doctors, writers mostly use them criticise corruption disadvantages health system. Naprta’s case, real-life scientists Ivan Đikić Miroslav Radman parodied, gives touch contemporaneity those novels. final gallery includes novel written Milena Benini.