Brown, Noel (2022) Children's Film and the Problematic 'Happy Ending'. In: The Oxford Handbook of Children's Film. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 145-166.
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In the popular consciousness, children’s films and happy endings are regarded as virtually synonymous. With close analysis of a wide range of international films, this chapter explores the theoretical underpinnings of the happy ending and argues in favour of greater ambiguity in the genre of children’s cinema than the term implies. It begins by examining the narrational properties of the happy ending and how narrative style in children’s cinema is constructed to incorporate happy endings. It then discusses how the concept applies to a number of children’s films across a broad historical period, from the “utopian” endings of films such as The Wizard of Oz to more ambivalent productions from countries such as the United States, Britain, Australia, and Kenya.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Creative Arts & Humanities > School of Creative and Performing Arts |
| Depositing User: | Noel Brown |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2024 10:35 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2024 10:35 |
| URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/4395 |
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