Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>French TV‘s M6 aired a ground-breaking television advance, known as <em>Kaamelott</em>, from 2005 to 2009, derived from a long tradition of Arthurian narrative form and a long tradition of that form‘s modernization. Spanning the split, therefore, between the Modern and the Medieval, Alexandre Astier‘s experimental Adventure-Comedy, adapting no single model, this Frankenstein, brought to life through canny theatrical <em>bricolage</em>, provokes the following concrete question: how have the dimensions of the exemplary human life of the King been updated by this installment of an eight centuries (and more) old tradition? Using the frame-work of Berne‘s <em>Games People Play</em>, I explore the respective fields of Childhood, Games, and Loves, in parallel to his <em>Child</em>, <em>Adult</em>, and <em>Parent</em>. To what extent, ultimately, has the self-retracting, pre-historical origin of ―Arthur‖ mutated? Does this literary but transmedia window of history perspicuously describe the internal dynamics of tradition‘s afterlife? And—is King Arthur really coming back?</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts (MA)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Open Access Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- English Language and Literature
- Year dc:date.available
- 2010
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Bashi, Ahmed S.
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Christine Neufeld, PhD
- Martin Shichtman, PhD
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://commons.emich.edu/theses/297
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:commons.emich.edu:theses-1296