Roman Polański

adaptation by Rossana Aimo
 During the mid-19th century in Transylvania, Professor Abronsius – a vampire hunter – and his young assistant Alfred try to rescue a young woman from Count Von Krolock, a vampire. He lives in a castle with other demoniac creatures. The reader is the narrative adaptation of Roman Polański’s comical movie, parody of the horror genre. The Fearless Vampire Killers is enriched with inserts about the world of vampires (Dracula in particular) and monsters between history and legend.
 
 Teacher's Resources available online: Answer Key - Audioscripts - Summing-up Activities 
 
 Nella Transilvania dell’Ottocento, un cacciatore di vampiri e il suo svampito assistente cercano di salvare una bellissima fanciulla caduta in mano ai vampiri. The Fearless Vampire Killers è la trasposizione narrativa della divertente parodia cinematografica del genere vampiresco di Roman Polanski. Il reader è arricchito da inserti sulla Transilvania, il mondo dei vampiri (in particolare Dracula) e mostri tra storia e leggenda.

Scene 1 – The inn in Transylvania

Extension: Transylvania

Scene 2 – Sarah

Extension: Dracula

Scene 3 – Von Krolock’s castle

Extension: Vampires

Scene 4 – The crypt

Extension: Ancient monsters

Scene 5 – The midnight ball

Extension: Dracula at the cinema

Summing-up activities

Glossary

E X T E N S I O N TRANSYLVANIA Transylvania is in central Romania. Bulgarians, Hungarians and Austrians were in this region1 in the past. After World War I, Transylvania becomes part of Romania and then part of the EU in 2007. Its population has many cultures because there were different peoples in past times; they live together in harmony. The name Transylvania means  the land beyond2 the forest .The region is famous for its beautiful landscapes3, its culture, history and its food, but also for Dracula the Vampire, too! We can read about the story of Dracula in the horror novel4 Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker, an Irish writer. 1. region: a particular area or part of the world. 2. beyond: on the other side. 3. landscapes: natural spaces. 4. novel: a long printed story about imaginary characters and events. 

The legend says that there are a lot of castles and fortresses5 that are places where Dracula spends some nights. There is the famous  Dracula s  castle and museum in Brasov, a medieval6 town near the Carpathian Mountains. It is called Bran Castle but tourists call it Dracula s Castle. You can find Dracula s house in another town in Transylvania: Sighi soara, a UNESCO World Heritage site7. Sighi soara has a magical atmosphere, with its narrow8 streets and medieval churches. Each year in July, a medieval festival takes place in the old part of the town. 5. fortresses: 6. medieval: characteristic of the Middle Ages. 7. World Heritage site: a place of cultural and/or natural interest for humanity. 8. narrow: opposite of wide. 15 

Narrativa inglese, livello A1 principianti. Trasposizione narrativa della divertente parodia cinematografica del genere vampiresco di Roman Polanski.

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The Fearless Vampire Killers

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