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Hi Alfie,
ReplyDeleteYour research looks good so far and your sources are good quality. I’ve got some suggestions for further reading which might be useful:
Firstly, if you’re looking at fairy tales and female archetypes you should definitely look at the work of Angela Carter (look here for come context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bloody_Chamber). She’s a writer who re-wrote traditional fairy tales with an explicitly feminist angle, often flipping the male characterisation of heroes and/or the female characterisation of villains. Her most famous set of works is The bloody chamber and other stories. You should also read her introductory essay in The Virago book of fairy tales and possibly her collection for children, Angela Carter's book of fairy tales.
In terms of further critical reading, I would recommend
From the beast to the blonde on fairy tales and their tellers, which looks at Disney (and also Angela Carter), as well as The uses of enchantment the meaning and importance of fairy tales which takes a psychological approach to readings of fairy tales, which would fit well with your focus on Jung.
AlsoAnimated films by James Clarke analyses the original Disney Snow White which may be useful.
You should familiarise yourself with theories of adaptation, as they relate to the translation of literature to film and also to how adaptations change the meaning of a work in different socio-political contexts. In particular, look at Adaptation and appropriation (Ch.1. Defining terms What is adaptation?, Ch.5. 'Other versions' of fairy tale and folklore),
ReplyDeleteBeyond adaptation essays on radical transformations of original works (these chapters all look useful: Jennifer Orme -- Mulan: Disney's hybrid heroine, Lan Dong -- Mass-marketing "beauty": how a feminist heroine became an insipid Disney princess, Marc Dipaolo -- Four times upon a time: "Snow White" retold, and Stella Bolaki -- Mermaid tales on screen: Splash, The little mermaid and Aquamarine ) and The enchanted screen the unknown history of fairy-tale films (Cracking the magic mirror: representations of Snow White). Some of these books are out at the moment, but I can show you how to place a hold on them if you’ve not done that before.
Finally, journal articles are a good place to look for academic writing on Maleficent, so have a look at what’s available via this example search of the Library’s online journals:
Maleficent "snow white" - ‘Gender and Cartoons from Theaters to Television Feminist Critique on the Early Years of Cartoons’ in particular looks useful.
If you need anything else, you can reach me via aday7@uca.ac.uk or email gatewayrochester@uca.ac.uk to arrange a tutorial.
Thanks,
Andrew
Thanks Andrew, appreciate all the help!
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