Institute of English Studies of the University of Wrocław in the framework of Erasmus Mundus International Master: Children’s, Literature, Media & Culture invites to the master lecture entited “Why Ariel Sings and Oliver Doesn’t: Disney Animation and Historical Production Culture Research”, which will be delivered in English by Dr. Peter Kunze.
The lecture will take place on 15 May 2024 at 18.00 via the ZOOM platform. If you are interested in attending the lecture, please contact dr hab. Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak, prof. of the UWr, at justyna.deszcz-tryhubczak@uwr.edu.pl.
About lecture:
This talk brings children’s literature studies into conversation with media industry studies through historical research into production cultures. Literary studies has traditionally focused on authors as singular creators, but this approach quickly falters in dealing with media culture, where one person is rarely the sole or even the primary creative worker. Through historical case studies of the animated features Oliver & Company and The Little Mermaid, Kunze examines Disney Animation as a production culture in transition, both organizationally and narratively. Tracing these textual and contextual developments underscores how production culture research may enrich our understanding of children’s media culture while also employing media industry studies to complicate our traditional investments in authorship, genre, and adaptation.
Bio:
Peter C. Kunze is Assistant Professor of Communication at Tulane University, where he teaches media industry studies, media aesthetics, and media history. His monograph, Staging a Comeback: Broadway, Hollywood, and the Disney Renaissance, offers a revisionist history of the Disney Renaissance through an examination between the creative and economic relationships between the US film and theatre industries.
More information about the programme Erasmus Mundus International Master: Children’s, Literature, Media & Culture on the website.
