Year of Graduation

2018

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

MALS: Humanities

Directing Professor

Dr. Harry B. Stevens

Abstract

"Female Agency in Fantasy Films of the 1980s"

This study looks at female character roles in six of the major fantasy films produced during the 1980s. This research draws mostly on primary resources, the films, but includes commentary from research in the same vein. The purpose of this study was to show how certain fantasy films gave more agency and power to female characters in a genre often plagued with women who needed saving. Upon examination of these films, it becomes clear that not only is representation is an important part of film, especially for young children, but that it can be the reason a narrative speaks to an individual.

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