For this week's story, I decided to try the story planning. I thought it would be interesting to dig further into Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp. To begin, I started out with the wikipedia page on Aladdin. One thing that grabbed my attention was the fact that Aladdin is a folktale, and the name Aladdin is Arabic, but the story comes from a Chinese origin. It makes me wonder how they developed that combination for the story. There are many different backgrounds that are incorporated into the story: Chinese, Muslim, Arabic, Persian, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Judaism. I never realized how many different identities were incorporated into one story!
There were several animated films that were produced about Aladdin. The first and earliest surviving animated feature film was called The Adventures of Prince Achmed that was produced in 1926. It was a German animated fairytale film. Next, in 1939, there was a short cartoon featured in Popeye called Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp. Then finally, the movie that we are all familiar with is the 1992 Disney animated feature, Aladdin. This was the American romantic film where Aladdin falls in love with Jasmine.
In addition to the movie, there are several different books that were written about Aladdin, including Donald and Aladdin's Cave, written by the Italian brand of Walt Disney Productions. There are also several comics, video games, and live action productions mentioned on the wikipedia page.
After reading through many different wikipedia sites and some other websites on Google, I have discovered that the story of Aladdin is much more diverse than I originally thought it was. There are so many different cultures and backgrounds within the story itself. For years I have always thought of Aladdin as an American Disney feature film production. But in reality, there is nothing American about the story of Aladdin besides the 1992 film. The French and Germans wrote many of the stories surrounding the character of Aladdin.
Image information:
Genie and the Lamp. Web Source.
Bibliography:
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp from The Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1898).
There were several animated films that were produced about Aladdin. The first and earliest surviving animated feature film was called The Adventures of Prince Achmed that was produced in 1926. It was a German animated fairytale film. Next, in 1939, there was a short cartoon featured in Popeye called Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp. Then finally, the movie that we are all familiar with is the 1992 Disney animated feature, Aladdin. This was the American romantic film where Aladdin falls in love with Jasmine.
In addition to the movie, there are several different books that were written about Aladdin, including Donald and Aladdin's Cave, written by the Italian brand of Walt Disney Productions. There are also several comics, video games, and live action productions mentioned on the wikipedia page.
After reading through many different wikipedia sites and some other websites on Google, I have discovered that the story of Aladdin is much more diverse than I originally thought it was. There are so many different cultures and backgrounds within the story itself. For years I have always thought of Aladdin as an American Disney feature film production. But in reality, there is nothing American about the story of Aladdin besides the 1992 film. The French and Germans wrote many of the stories surrounding the character of Aladdin.
Image information:
Genie and the Lamp. Web Source.
Bibliography:
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp from The Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1898).
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