'1001 Nights' and Anime: The Adaptation of Transnational Folklore in Tezuka Osamu’s 'Senya ichiya monogatari/A Thousand and One Nights' (1969)

Anthologising folktales from across the Middle East and North Africa, the inherently transnational '1001 Nights' has become one of the most adapted works in the history of folklore (Zipes et al. 2015). The tales have been adapted globally into works ranging from literature to theatre, from...

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Main Authors: Rayna Denison, Stefanie Van de Peer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2021-06-01
Series:Open Screens
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Online Access:https://openscreensjournal.com/articles/41