TY  - JOUR
TT  - MALEFICENT: REIMAGINING “THE SLEEPING BEAUTY” WITH A POST-MODERNIST PERSPECTIVE
AU  - Khan, Mehwish Ali
PY  - 2017
DA  - August
DO  - 10.18769/ijasos.337159
JF  - IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences
JO  - IJASOS
PB  - OCERINT International Organization Center of Academic Research
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2411-183X
SP  - 616
EP  - 624
VL  - 3
IS  - 8
KW  - Intertextuality
KW  - Postmodernism
KW  - Fairytales
N2  - The goal of the present project is tohighlight the postmodernist perspectiveof the fairy tale themes in the movie Maleficent(2014) through Intertextuality. The present study aims to highlight therejection of authority by the Contemporary American Fairy Tale movie makers. Postmodernismis an era where “Meta-Narratives” arechallenged and everything is being observed through a lens different from the past. Movie creators of postmodern erahave reinterpreted the original fairy talesin ways that fit contemporary norms and circumstances. Movie creators representthe old texts of fairy tales but have changed the title, plot and role ofcharacters, e.g. in Maleficent, theantagonist of “Sleeping Beauty” now owns the title of the story, and she alsoshares her part of the story, which was previously unknown.The researcher used the eight elements that Kevin Paul Smithhas mentioned in his book Post ModernFairy tales, Folk Loric Intertexts in ContemporaryFiction. The fifth element particularly, i.e. “revision”, makes the claimof the researcher valid that Postmodernists have rejected totality and grandnarratives, they have opened new dimensions to the old stories. The story hereis given a new spin and the changes made in the story of “Sleeping Beauty” are accordingto the norms of today, e.g. the women in the movie i.e. “Aurora”, the Princess andMaleficent the Witch are given a prominent position and a voice to speak theirpoint of view, previously they were known through the eyes of other charactersonly. These results show a change in perspectives and in the way things are nowbeing looked at. Fairy tales are the movies that are easily accessible to ourchildren, further study on this theme can help understand the society of today,the postmodernist society.
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.337159
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/339556
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