%D 2024
%O Bibliogr.: p. 30-31. ; ĂśsszefoglalĂĄs angol nyelven
%C Szeged
%S Acta Universitatis Szegediensis de Attila JĂłzsef nominatae : papers in english and american studies
%L acta86772
%T Once Upon a Time: a postmodern fairy-tale adaptation?
%V 25
%A  Ádåm Laura
%K Angol irodalom tĂśrtĂŠnete, FilmmĹąvĂŠszet - amerikai, TĂźndĂŠrmese - angol
%P 9-31
%J Papers in English and American studies : Tomus XXV. - Distinguished Szeged student papers 2024
%I Institute of English & American Studies (IEAS)
%X This thesis aims to analyse the hit television series Once Upon a Time (henceforth abbreviated as OUAT) as an ambiguous postmodern fairy-tale adaptation. First, the history of fairy-adaptations will be traced from the beginning of postmodern literary retellings to modern filmic and television adaptations in which I will locate the series. I will rely on Bachhilega’s (1997, 2013) observations regarding postmodern fairy-tale adaptations and Zipes’ (1999, 2011) studies on Disney to examine how OUAT subverts some fairy-tale conventions but also reaffirms others in a true postmodern fashion. I will also list previous research that examined the series from the point of view of marketing strategies (Hay and Baxter 2014), the magical realism present in the series (Schwabe 2014), and the topography of genres discernible in the series (Williams 2021). I will discuss how the series goes against the traditional representation of genres, True Love, happy endings, and family while also addressing the underlying metafictional implications in the workings of OUAT. At the end of my thesis, I will also address the limits of this postmodernism resulting in the series still remaining in some respects heteronormative, Americanized, and classist, serving the main goal of gaining profit.