دراسات فنية
Volume 9, Numéro 1, Pages 172-185
2023-06-10

Between Exalt And Power: Depictions Of Female Protagonists In The Walt Disney Princess Franchise

Authors : Hamsi Rania . Hamza Reguig-mouro Wassila .

Abstract

Expatiate and elaborate, and no longer denoted as merely a source of boundless amusement, the Walt Disney Company is deemed to carry heavy meanings and instructive abstractions. Embracing characters vested with strong societal convictions, female heroines in particular have been the central interest of numerous scholars throughout the centuries. Therefore, within the general purpose of depicting the way female heroines are represented in the Disney Princess Franchise, this scientific paper establishes an examination of female characters spanning from classic to contemporary Disney Princess Movies. To demonstrate that Disney’s princesses have become more complex and active characters over time, this paper first traces the rise of the Walt Disney Company unveiling the influence fairy tales had on the cinematic production. Then, it reveals the Princess Franchise as a major affluent and representative of female characters.

Keywords

Disney Princess Franchise ; Female Characters ; Active ; Influence ; Cinematic Production