Tales as Old as Time: The Origins of Selected Fairy Tales and Their Legacies in Popular Culture

Jackson, Ann Louise (2018) Tales as Old as Time: The Origins of Selected Fairy Tales and Their Legacies in Popular Culture. Undergraduate thesis, under the direction of Alan Arrivée from Cinema, The University of Mississippi.

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Abstract

This thesis seeks to analyze a selection of fairy tales and their film adaptations. The research centers on the origins of these selected stories and their cinematic derivatives, with particular focus given to authorial and cultural influences as well as audience perceptions of these works. The evolution of character through these fairy tales is an area of interest in this thesis, with an emphasis on agency and the depiction of the heroines through the stories and their adaptations. Including two well-known fairy tales and one that is more obscure, this thesis aims to understand how each variation is conceived and to investigate the aspects of the fairy tales which persist as well as those which differ from other stories and adaptations.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate)
Creators: Jackson, Ann Louise
Student's Degree Program(s): B.A. in English
Thesis Advisor: Alan Arrivée
Thesis Advisor's Department: Cinema
Institution: The University of Mississippi
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PE English
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures
P Language and Literature > PZ Childrens literature
Depositing User: Ann Jackson
Date Deposited: 16 May 2018 21:59
Last Modified: 16 May 2018 21:59
URI: http://thesis.honors.olemiss.edu/id/eprint/1218

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