Honors Theses
Date of Award
2018
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Theater and Film
First Advisor
Alan Arrivée
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
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.
Recommended Citation
Jackson, Ann Louise, "Tales as Old as Time: The Origins of Selected Fairy Tales and Their Legacies in Popular Culture" (2018). Honors Theses. 71.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/71
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