October 27

Sources for Paradigm Shift Paper

How can one illustrate the perception of ogres throughout history?

I plan to explain the evolution of mythical creatures/monster archetypes throughout literature and film, and then focus mainly on ogres.  I will then explain the ogre’s origin/definition and famous works picturing the ogre over the years and its influence (will be split into old literature and films from 20th Century and current works from the 21st Century).  I hope to juxtapose the symbolism behind the ogre and how they’ve been more humanized over the years. In contrast, I also have some statistics about the popularity of mythical creatures (ogres) and I want to document this through book and movie ticket sales. Additionally, I also have mixed reviews cited about the Shrek movies to show conflicting beliefs in modern society.

 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/ogre

^will be used for the history of ogres

 

https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/130848?redirectedFrom=ogre#eid

^definition of an ogre

 

https://web.p.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=3&sid=72fdcb0b-5add-4468-9297-d695864b048a%40redis&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=134482281&db=a9h

^this link doesn’t work at the moment but it also discusses more about mythical creatures/archetypes and examples (database)

 

https://go.gale.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T003&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&hitCount=12371&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CCX3424502106&docType=Topic+overview&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=&prodId=GVRL&pageNum=1&contentSet=GALE%7CCX3424502106&searchId=R1&userGroupName=psucic&inPS=true

^this link doesn’t work at the moment but it also discusses more about mythical creatures/archetypes and examples (database)

 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shrek

^shrek movie review to show it’s highly rated reviews

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/may/17/shrek-20-unfunny-overrated-low-blockbuster

^this actually critiques shrek

 

https://www.dreamworks.com/movies/shrek

^shrek movies listed (since Dreamworks made more than one film, that’s got to mean something)

 

Beowulf epic poem

^I think Grendel is an evil ogre, which shows that older literature pictures ogres as monsters

 

 https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt4cgpqc

^The Japanese Oni were seen as ogres/cannibals, but then they shifted into the idea of protectors (I also saw this in Teen Wolf lol)

https://www.jstor.org/stable/376778?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

^I think this one is more about mythical creatures and archetypes

 

https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/05/18/hallmarks-fantasy-brief-history-fantasy

^History of fantasy literature genre

 

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2158244018780946

^Statistics on fantasy genre popularity

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamrowe1/2018/06/19/science-fiction-and-fantasy-book-sales-have-doubled-since-2010/?sh=2d51636c2edf

^Popularity of fantasy genre sales (facts)

 

Wish me luck to see if I can pull this all together!


Posted October 27, 2021 by Sandra Blasone in category RCL

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