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@article{ART002667238},
author={JUN, JOON-TAEK},
title={An Analysis of a Silent Film Scenario of Peter Pan: A Cultural Darwinist Reading of Hook},
journal={Journal of Modern English Drama},
issn={1226-3397},
year={2020},
volume={33},
number={3},
pages={187-216}

TY - JOUR
AU - JUN, JOON-TAEK
TI - An Analysis of a Silent Film Scenario of Peter Pan: A Cultural Darwinist Reading of Hook
JO - Journal of Modern English Drama
PY - 2020
VL - 33
IS - 3
PB - 한국현대영미드라마학회
SP - 187
EP - 216
SN - 1226-3397
AB - In J. M. Barrie’s lifetime, the ongoing process of stage adaptations of Peter Pan was one of smoothing its rough edges, so that its problematic parts washed out of the narrative. In becoming a familiar and beloved story for children as well, its radical quality and the extraordinary originality that confronted the first audience of adults was finally lost. However, this conclusion does not take the censorship that Barrie fought against all through his life into consideration. Generally, the versions for the stage left Peter alone while the novel and the scenario, free from censorship, leave Peter and Wendy’s daughter together at the end. However, Barrie, a strong believer of cultural Darwinism, always tried to reflect the problems of the times. In this sense, the novel and the scenario, seeming to share a similar story, show different aspects. Though the implications of the scenario are multifaceted, this paper aims to investigate the changed nature of Hook as it reflected the saddest aspects of Barrie’s lifetime. In his scenario, Barrie shifted the cause of Hook’s melancholy from the Kaiser's “holocaust of children” to the military training, sporting codes, and Pop system of Eton that Llewelyn Davies boys attended. By doing so, he removed the vestiges of Charles II and grafted deconstructed Shakespearean and Dickens’ characters unto Hook, making Shakespeare an unimportant part of the cultural self-mobilization process needed for wartime success.
KW - Scenario of Peter Pan;Hook;Eton;Shakespeare;Sydney Carton
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JUN, JOON-TAEK. (2020). An Analysis of a Silent Film Scenario of Peter Pan: A Cultural Darwinist Reading of Hook. Journal of Modern English Drama, 33(3), 187-216.

JUN, JOON-TAEK. 2020, "An Analysis of a Silent Film Scenario of Peter Pan: A Cultural Darwinist Reading of Hook", Journal of Modern English Drama, vol.33, no.3 pp.187-216.

JUN, JOON-TAEK "An Analysis of a Silent Film Scenario of Peter Pan: A Cultural Darwinist Reading of Hook" Journal of Modern English Drama 33.3 pp.187-216 (2020) : 187.

JUN, JOON-TAEK. An Analysis of a Silent Film Scenario of Peter Pan: A Cultural Darwinist Reading of Hook. 2020; 33(3), 187-216.

JUN, JOON-TAEK. "An Analysis of a Silent Film Scenario of Peter Pan: A Cultural Darwinist Reading of Hook" Journal of Modern English Drama 33, no.3 (2020) : 187-216.

JUN, JOON-TAEK. An Analysis of a Silent Film Scenario of Peter Pan: A Cultural Darwinist Reading of Hook. Journal of Modern English Drama, 33(3), 187-216.

JUN, JOON-TAEK. An Analysis of a Silent Film Scenario of Peter Pan: A Cultural Darwinist Reading of Hook. Journal of Modern English Drama. 2020; 33(3) 187-216.

JUN, JOON-TAEK. An Analysis of a Silent Film Scenario of Peter Pan: A Cultural Darwinist Reading of Hook. 2020; 33(3), 187-216.

JUN, JOON-TAEK. "An Analysis of a Silent Film Scenario of Peter Pan: A Cultural Darwinist Reading of Hook" Journal of Modern English Drama 33, no.3 (2020) : 187-216.