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"If The Shoe Fits:" The Evolution Of The Cinderella Fairy Tale From Literature To Television, Margaret L. Lundberg
"If The Shoe Fits:" The Evolution Of The Cinderella Fairy Tale From Literature To Television, Margaret L. Lundberg
Global Honors Theses
More than a millennium after the earliest-known version was committed to text, fairy tales continue to occupy our bookshelves and airwaves. The current popularity of fairy tale-based television programs such as Grimm and Once Upon a Time offer continued proof that the appeal of these tales is not lost on 21st century audiences. Beginning with the rise of fairy tales in the ancient cultures of China and India, this paper will follow their journey through Asia, long before these tales reached their traditionally recognized European birthplace. In this examination of the multicultural variations of a single tale—the Cinderella story—we …