Essays about: "Shrek"

Found 2 essays containing the word Shrek.

1. 1. Masculinity in Children's Film : The Academy Award Winners

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för film och litteratur (IFL)

   Author : Natalie Kauklija; [2018]
   Keywords : Children s Film; Masculinity Portrayals; Hegemonic Masculinity; Masculinity; Film Analysis; Gender; Men; Boys; Animated Film; Kids Film; Kids Movies; Cinema; Movies; Films; Oscars; Ceremony; Film Award; Awards;

   Abstract : This study analyzes the evolution of how the male gender is portrayed in five Academy Award winning animated films, starting in the year 2002 when the category was created. Because there have been seventeen award winning films in the animated film category, and there is a limitation regarding the scope for this paper, the winner from every fourth year have been analyzed; resulting in five films. READ MORE

3. 2. Curses, Ogres and Lesbians : An Examination of the Subversion and Perpetuation of Fairy Tale Norms in Two Adaptations of Beauty and The Beast

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Anne Drewett; [2016]
   Keywords : Beauty and the Beast; Bitter Thorns; Shrek; fairy tales; women as tradeable objects; heteronormativity; idealised beauty;

   Abstract : Fairy tales as a form of social acculturation can subvert and/or perpetuate potentially harmful social norms. In this essay, Chris Anne Wolfe’s lesbian romance novel Bitter Thorns (1994) and the film Shrek (2001) are analysed as adaptations of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, with a focus on the extent to which they challenge and/or reinforce three fairy tale norms: women as tradeable objects, heteronormativity and idealised beauty. READ MORE