First, choose one of the scholarly texts below
Martin and Kazyak, “Hetero-Romantic Love and Heterosexiness”
Davis, “Disney Films 1989-2005: The ‘Eisner’ Era (excerpts) from Good Girls and Wicked Witches
“Happily Ever After? A Content Analysis of Romantic Ideals in Disney Princess Films”
Olson, “An Epideictic Dimension of Symbolic Violence in Beauty and the Beast”
Benhamou, “Brave New Tale? Reframing Love and Romance in Frozen”
Next, choose a scene from one of this week’s films (Beauty and the beast, Sleeping Beauty or Frozen)to put in conversation with this scholarly text (don’t use the same film you wrote about on the discussion board). Write a careful analysis of that scene, offering interpretations of the layers of meaning that small details in this scene add to the message of the film. Discuss how your scene analysis confirms, complicates, expands, or otherwise relates to the scholarly text you have chosen. Successful mini-analyses will include insightful interpretation of the scene you’ve picked, confident examination of the scholarly text you’ve picked, and an ability to clearly delineate between your own interpretations and that of your scholarly text. 350 words or more.
First, choose one of the scholarly texts below Martin and Kazyak, “Hetero-Roman
May 4, 2024