TRACING THE HISTORY OF ALADDIN LIVE-ACTION MOVIE (2019): A NEW HISTORICISM STUDY

  • Asmaa Hanifah Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
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  • Ririn Kurnia Trisnawati Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
    (ID)
  • Mia Fitria Agustina Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
    (ID)
Keywords: Aladdin, Movie, Arabian Nights, New Historicism.

Abstract

The objectives of this research are to find the differences and the causes of the changed character and setting of places in Aladdin live-action movie and The Story of Ala-ed-Din and the Wonderful Lamp (TSAWL) short story by Antonie Galland. Also, it aims at analyzing the purposes of such changes. The study is qualitative-based research, and the analysis was done by examining the intrinsic parts of the works, such us characters and the setting of places. The extrinsic approaches were employed where New Historicism was needed as a theoretical framework. The results show that the reconstruction of the character Aladdin and changing the setting of place from China to a fictional place, a city of Agrabah obviously occurs. It can be concluded that the changed has been caused by the time the story is made and the author to make the movie live in the year of its creation.

 

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Author Biographies

Asmaa Hanifah, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman

She is a seventh-grade students at Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman. Her reserach interests are children's literature, postcolonial literature, and new historicism studies.

Ririn Kurnia Trisnawati, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman

She is a lecturer at Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman. Her research interests are reader-response studies/ Audience Studies, postcolonial literature, noir genre, and Southeast Asian Literature in English.

Mia Fitria Agustina, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman

She is a lecturer at Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman. Her research interests are Children's literature, postcolonial literature and psychoanalysis in literature. 

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Published
2022-12-15
How to Cite
Hanifah, A., Trisnawati, R. K., & Agustina, M. F. (2022). TRACING THE HISTORY OF ALADDIN LIVE-ACTION MOVIE (2019): A NEW HISTORICISM STUDY. Elite : English and Literature Journal, 9(2), 112-121. https://doi.org/10.24252/elite.v9i2.26366
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