Who is Alice? An Analysis of the Character of Alice From the Origins of Her Representation to Surrealist Interpretations

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dc.contributorMartin, Amy
dc.contributorWatson, Matthew
dc.contributor.advisorBenfey, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorCacciatore, Olivia
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-01T21:13:47Z
dc.date.available2019-02-01T21:13:47Z
dc.date.gradyear2019en_US
dc.date.issued2019-02-01
dc.description.abstractThis thesis analyses the character of Alice in Lewis Carroll’s, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland through different visual representations of Alice. I discuss John Tenniel’s world famous illustrations, which accompanied the text’s original publication, and were born from Tenniel’s career as a popular cartoonist. I also look at representations of Alice drawn by Carroll himself, sketches which exude a pre-Raphaelite influence. I then discuss two surrealist interpretations of Alice, illustrations done by Salvador Dali in 1969, and a film adaptation, Alice by Jan Svankmajer, done in 1988. Dali used one of his classic motifs, steeped in significance, to represent Alice and Svankmajer twists Wonderland into something more sinister. Each version of Alice includes the unique perspective of her creator. When the origins and inspirations for these representations are compared it is apparent that Tenniel’s world famous original illustrations do not represent Alice honestly, and that the visual representations done by Dali and Svankmajer hold more relevance to the written character of Alice. Commonly, what is original is thought of as truer or more important than adapted versions. This comparison between versions of Alice demonstrates that interpretation is not a less valid form of representation and that it can in fact enhance a work.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipEnglishen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10166/4927
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.subjectEnglishen_US
dc.subjectAlice's Adventures in Wonderlanden_US
dc.subjectLewis Carrollen_US
dc.subjectJohn Tennielen_US
dc.subjectSalvador Dalien_US
dc.subjectJan Svankmajeren_US
dc.titleWho is Alice? An Analysis of the Character of Alice From the Origins of Her Representation to Surrealist Interpretationsen_US
dc.typeThesis
mhc.degreeUndergraduateen_US
mhc.institutionMount Holyoke College

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