美女与野兽【英文精品】

Part III. Adaptations
A sumptuous French version of Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bê te) was made in 1946, directed by Jean Cocteau, starring Jean Marais as the Beast and Josette Day as Beauty In 1991 Disney produced an animated film of Beauty and the Beast with screenplay by Linda Woolverton, music by Alan Menken, and lyrics by Howard Ashman. It won Academy Awards for Best Song and Best Original Score and was the first animated feature ever nominated for a Best Picture Oscar
Part I. The authors
The best-known written version was an abridgement of M. Villeneuve's work published in 1756 by Mme Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, in Magasin des enfants, ou dialogues entre une sage gouvernante et plusieurs de ses é lè ves; an English translation appeared in 1757 Mme de Beaumont (1711-1780) is a French novelist; she published collections she called "magazines" of educational and moral stories and poems for children, containing the famous story Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
Outline
Introduction Part I. The authors Part II. The story Part III. Adaptations Conclusion References
Introduction
Beauty and the Beast is a French story written by Mme de Villeneuve in 1740 Mme de Beaumont published an abridged and more famous version in 1756 The first adaptation on screen was made in 1903; since then, remade more than 25 times A masterpiece by Jean Cocteau was made in 1946 and presented during the first International Cannes festival
Beauty and the Beast TVSeries 1987 -1990 Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman
Part II. The story
Beauty's father, caught in a storm, f39;s palace. Before leaving, he plucks a rose to bring back to Beauty, offending his unseen host, who tells him he must die The Beast then says that if one of the man's daughters will return to suffer in his place, he may live Beauty goes to the castle; the Beast asks her to be his wife; she refuses; offers to be his friend She asks to go back home for a week to say farewell to her father
Beauty and the Beast (1991); Walt Disney; Directed by Gary Trousdale
Part I. The authors
The first published version of the fairy tale was a meandering rendition by Madame GabrielleSuzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune amé ricaine, et les contes marins in 1740 Madame de Villeneuve (1695-1755), French author She is considered the original author of the story of Beauty and the Beast (Belle et la Bê te) Her lengthy version was abridged and published by Mme de Beaumont
Part II. The story
Her sisters convince Belle to stay longer than agreed with the Beast When she goes back to the castle, the Beast is lying near death from distress at her failure to return She begs him to live, so that he may be her husband, and by this act the Beast is transformed into a handsome prince Beauty's family comes to live with them at the palace (in the original story, sisters punished)