Social History 16th Century
5 facts about marriage, love, and sex in Shakespeare's England. (2016, January 28). Retrieved from https://blog.oup.com/2016/01/marriage-love-sex-shakespeares-england/.
Mason, E. (2019, February 13). Love and marriage in medieval England. Retrieved from https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/love-and-marriage-in-medieval-england/.
Social Structure in the 16th Century. (1999, November 12). Retrieved from https://www.tudorgroup.co.uk/?p=505.
These two pages are useful for finding insight as to what the romantic relationships were like in the 16th century and how society viewed them. Finding the theme that relationships were taken very seriously because of the religious aspects. The third page introduces us to the social structure, which is useful to see how classes were divided. I will use this to exemplify what socioeconomic classes were going to watch Shakespeare’s plays.
Genre (Plays)
Prose, F. (n.d.). Top Ten Works of the 16th Century. Retrieved from http://www.toptenbooks.net/top-ten-works-16th-and-17th-centuries.
Thomas, M. (2009). Theater Culture Of Early Modern England. Retrieved from http://www2.cedarcrest.edu/academic/eng/lfletcher/henry4/papers/mthomas.htm.
Khaustova, D. (2018). Theater and Mass Media: Now and Then. Retrieved from http://bulldogs.tlu.edu:2127/ehost/detail/detail?vid=10&sid=80aff08d-d497-4646-9cc5-77d67b32ba8b@pdc-v-sessmgr06&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=134142499&db=a9h.
The first two pages I am using to construct an argument that Shakespeare was dominating theaters in the early 16th century. His works are listed amongst the best for, love tragedy, and even comedy. I am going to use this to cite the influence he had during his period. The third article constructs its own argument on how we have adapted early theater to modern theater, while still conforming with societal standards. Which I will use to exemplify the adaptation of plays into film.
Social History 2006
Top 10 Everything 2006. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2011254,00.html.
Gibson, K. (2019, May 30). 12 Pop-Culture Moments From 2006 That Are Suddenly Popular Again. Retrieved from https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/2000s-Pop-Culture-Trends-Back-2019-46157984?utm_source=imdb&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=feed.
The first page is from Wikipedia, which lists the films that were released in 2006, (the same year as the movie I am analyzing). This list includes, top grossing films and awards. In this list I see that out of the top ten films of the year, none of them were romantic films, or more specifically romantic comedies. The second article shows 24 sections of trends of the year 2006, specifically. Using this will help pull into my argument that trends are less serious in the present century. Which leads into the third article that shows our version of adaptation to trends from 2006 to now.
Genre (Romantic Comedies)
The Best Romantic Comedies of 2006. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.ranker.com/list/best-2006-romantic-comedies/reference.
Nicholson, A., Cooper, M., & Lecaro, L. (2019, May 22). Who Killed the Romantic Comedy? Retrieved from https://www.laweekly.com/who-killed-the-romantic-comedy/.
Grindon, L. (2019, September 20). American Romantic Comedy. Retrieved from https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199791286/obo-9780199791286-0131.xml.
The first article is from a public survey website for many different topics and “She’s The Man” is voted number one romantic comedies of 2006. I am studying this movie specifically for it’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. The second reading is regarding the “death” of romantic comedy and why no one wants to create or watch them anymore. “No love burns brighter than that between a superhero, his super-buddies and the studio that scores with their billion-dollar beer bash.” The final reading is an argument that romantic comedies are central with real human experiences.
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