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Goldtears
Registered User
(2/13/06 4:54 pm)
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Beauty and the Beast Thesis
I'm looking to explore the evolution of Beauty and the Beast Im trying to narrow my thesis a bit. I'm looking at McKinley's Beauty and Rose daughter and Napoli's Beast. I'd like to stay in the realm of young adult lit but im not married to it yet. I've read Herne's book and from the beast to the blond.
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Erica Carlson
Registered User
(2/13/06 6:47 pm)
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Re: Beauty and the Beast Thesis
What is your broad thesis idea? Maybe we could help you work from there.
Were there any parts of the novels you mentioned, or of Hearne's Beauty and the Beast: Visions and Revisions of an Old Tale or Warner's From the Beast to the Blonde that you found especially interesting or provocative?
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Goldtears
Registered User
(2/14/06 9:10 am)
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Things that interested me were the cultural and societal implications of the evolution of the tale, and the character of Beauty. Her intelligence, her strength ect. I love the tale and had always planned on pursuing it for my thesis, however my research has been a little disappointing. I don’t want to rehash old research and Herne’s book and Griswold’s, The Meanings of "Beauty & The Beast" A Handbook are pretty comprehensive. I do think it noteworthy that Beauty by McKinley hardly gets a mention other than, it's a very good version, but there is little or no elaboration on the novel. I also find it fascinating that McKinley found enough within the tale to write not one full novel but two, each one drastically different than the other.
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midori snyder
Registered User
(2/15/06 4:33 pm)
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Windling's Beauty and Beast
You might find Terri Windling's article on Beauty and the Beast interesting. She has a short but useful bibliography.
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Terri Windling
Registered User
(2/18/06 3:03 am)
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Beauty and Beast
It's also useful to look at Beauty and the Beast in the historical
context of other Animal Bridegroom tales. Here's an online article
that might be of use: "Married to Magic," www.endicott-studio.com/rdrm/rrMarriedToMagic.html.
Have you read Donna Jo Napoli's Beauty and the Beast novel, Beast?
Edited by: Terri Windling at: 2/18/06 3:53 am
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Goldtears
Registered User
(2/18/06 12:01 pm)
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Re: Beauty and the Beast Thesis
Thanks for the links tot he articles.
This is a rough bibliography gives an idea of what I've looked at so far. Thanks for the help!
Working Bibliography
Griswold, Jerry. The meanings of Beauty and the Beast: A hand book.
Hearne, Betsty. Beauties and Beasts,
---. Beauty and the Beast: Visions and Revisions of an Old Tale
McKinley, Robin. Beauty,
----Rose Daughter,
Napoli, Donna Jo. Beast
Warner,Marina. From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers,
Windling, Terri. “Beauty and the Beast”. (thank you)
---- “Married to Magic: Animal Brides and Bridegrooms in Folklore and Fantasy”.(just added thank you!)
Yolen, Jane. Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
Zipes, Jack. Beauties, Beasts and Enchantments,
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Goldtears
Registered User
(2/18/06 7:52 pm)
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Re: Beauty and the Beast Thesis
I've been mulling over the idea of focusing on Beauty's actions choices and freedoms in various retellings of the tale. I’d be looking at the idea of what choices she made because she wanted to and what choices she made because society and cultural values dictated she do so. I’d also be evaluating how successful the version was capturing the essential elements of the tale.
Should I look at other varients like east of the sun west of the moon or simply stick to classic Beauty and the beast?
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Rosemary Lake
Registered User
(2/18/06 8:09 pm)
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Re: Beauty and the Beast Thesis
There are a great many versions of East of the Sun. If you wanted to widen your subject without going that far, you might look at 'The Wonderful Sheep,' d'Aulnoy, Blue Fairy Book, which iirc was very similar to Beaumont's Beauty and the Beast except that the bride returned too late to save the sheep.
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evil little pixie
Registered User
(2/19/06 2:31 pm)
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Re: Beauty and the Beast Thesis
If you're looking at Beauty's actions and choices, this article might be helpful:
www.endicott-studio.com/r...blind.html
Good luck!
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Goldtears
Registered User
(2/20/06 1:57 pm)
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Thank you, that was a helpful article. any opinions as to whether adding other animal groom stories to my research will make my topic too broad? I've looked at several differen east of the sun versions as well as a few others but i'm wondering if thats too much.
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lisajensen
Unregistered User
(2/21/06 9:10 pm)
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Beauty & Beast
Francesca Lia Block"s short story "Beast," from her story collection "The Rose and the Beast" is an interesting take on the Beast story. Beauty's relationship to Beast doesn't evolve in quite the usual way, so if you're interested in Beauty's psychology, you might find this one intriguing.
Good luck!
Lisa
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melusine
Unregistered User
(3/1/06 3:23 pm)
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beauty and the beast
francesca lia block has a fabulous collection of rewritten stories called The Rose And The Beast, including a very insigtful view of Beauty and the Beast.
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beautifulstars
Unregistered User
(3/3/06 6:11 pm)
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block
Actually, the last line in Block's 'Rose' sparked my entire Masters thesis of retold fairy tales.
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maddym1994hotmailcom
Unregistered User
(3/18/06 5:04 pm)
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help
i relly need help im doin my oral on fairy tales ;)
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