Rethinking structures of tales as old as time : transformation of genre across adaptations of "beauty and the beast" and howl's moving castle

This paper aims to investigate the transformation of the form of fairy tales through the centuries with focus on “Beauty and the Beast”, a tale of transformation in itself. By examining adaptations of “Beauty and the Beast”, I am proposing a framework which discusses the formal aspects that define a...

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Main Author:	Maliah Zubir
Other Authors:	Katherine Wakely-Mulroney
Format:	Final Year Project
Language:	English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	DRNTU::Humanities
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/74216
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-742162019-12-10T12:32:25Z Rethinking structures of tales as old as time : transformation of genre across adaptations of "beauty and the beast" and howl's moving castle Maliah Zubir Katherine Wakely-Mulroney School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities This paper aims to investigate the transformation of the form of fairy tales through the centuries with focus on “Beauty and the Beast”, a tale of transformation in itself. By examining adaptations of “Beauty and the Beast”, I am proposing a framework which discusses the formal aspects that define a genre, and how adaptations can expose the liberations and limitations of a genre. With special attention to film aesthetics, I will illustrate how fluidity of transformation in Howl’s Moving Castle reflects fluidity of the fantasy genre itself in comparison to the fairy tale genre. Bachelor of Arts 2018-05-09T04:36:52Z 2018-05-09T04:36:52Z 2018 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/74216 en Nanyang Technological University 55 p. application/pdf
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description	This paper aims to investigate the transformation of the form of fairy tales through the centuries with focus on “Beauty and the Beast”, a tale of transformation in itself. By examining adaptations of “Beauty and the Beast”, I am proposing a framework which discusses the formal aspects that define a genre, and how adaptations can expose the liberations and limitations of a genre. With special attention to film aesthetics, I will illustrate how fluidity of transformation in Howl’s Moving Castle reflects fluidity of the fantasy genre itself in comparison to the fairy tale genre.
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title	Rethinking structures of tales as old as time : transformation of genre across adaptations of "beauty and the beast" and howl's moving castle
title_short	Rethinking structures of tales as old as time : transformation of genre across adaptations of "beauty and the beast" and howl's moving castle
title_full	Rethinking structures of tales as old as time : transformation of genre across adaptations of "beauty and the beast" and howl's moving castle
title_fullStr	Rethinking structures of tales as old as time : transformation of genre across adaptations of "beauty and the beast" and howl's moving castle
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Rethinking structures of tales as old as time : transformation of genre across adaptations of "beauty and the beast" and howl's moving castle

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