Sophie's Voice? Dark Intertexts of The BFG
Sophie's Voice? Dark Intertexts of The BFG
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Detroit: Wayne State University Press
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This article locates Steven Spielberg's adaptation of The BFG in a growing corpus of children's Holocaust films. Omissions and additions, which reflect the filmmaker's practice generally, render Roald Dahl's nonsensical whimsy deeply challenging. Drawing on psychoanalysis, this interpretation exposes dark intertexts that point to the Holocaust as a...
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Sophie's Voice? Dark Intertexts of The BFG
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2462153724
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2462153724
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2169-0324
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2169-0332
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10.13110/jewifilmnewmedi.7.2.0119
