FROM LITERARY NARRATIVE TO FILM ADAPTATION: “SLEEPING BEAUTY” AND “MALEFICENT” – A STUDY IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Abstract

This article aims to develop a comparative analysis between the literary narrative Sleeping Beauty of the Grimm Brothers, published in 1812, and the film adaptation Maleficent, by Robert Stromberg, released in 2014. In this sense, we will highlight the most relevant similarities and differences between the two narratives, with regard to the role of Maleficent, the attitudes of the female character (Aurora), the desire for revenge, the kiss of salvation and the main symbolic elements of each narrative. The results in the analysis show that adaptation is a very complex process, which reveals the goals and interpretations of the director, the context of the time and its characteristics, resulting in an aesthetic product with marks of literary origin but with many innovations. Article visualizations: