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From Perrault to Princess: Analysing the Adaptation and Translation of Sleeping Beauty
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This thesis examines the French adaptation and translation of Walt Disney’s film Sleeping Beauty through its derivation from Charles Perrault’s original French fairy tale La Belle au bois dormant as well as how the Walt Disney film itself was translated from English into French. An analysis of the translation of the songs in the film from English into French is also conducted as the translation of music is an emerging field of studies in the area of translation. Additionally, Sleeping Beauty is quite commonly regarded as a story that is not feminist due to Aurora’s perceived lack of agency and the fact that she spends a significant portion of her own film asleep and awaiting a rescue. This could be attributed to the 17th century French fairy tale that the film is derived from, as Aurora’s slumber was first referenced in that story. However, the analysis of the female characters, their storylines, and their screentime, as well as comparing the representation of female characters in the Disney film to the original Perrault narrative proves that the 17th century tale may be the more feminist of the two works. Lastly, the discrepancy between the French dub of the film and the French subtitles is explored and analyzed. The French-language dub and the French subtitles differ in content, and the various constraints of both formats are examined in order to resolve whether these differences are simply a product of the formats themselves or if there are other factors that have led to the production of two separate French-language versions.
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- Date created
- 2021-04-16
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- English, French, Translation, Disney Princess films, Charles Perrault, Sleeping Beauty, La Belle au Bois Dormant, Little Briar Rose, Brothers Grimm, Fairy Tales, Film Adaptation, Audiovisual Translation, Music Translation, Feminism in Disney Films, Children’s films, Subtitles, Audio Dubbing
- 17th century France, 19th century Germany, 1950s United States of America
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- Research Material