Date

8-29-2025

Department

College of Arts and Sciences

Degree

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFA)

Chair

Durrell B. Nelson

Keywords

Multi-Genre, Screenplay, Walt Disney, Mary Norton, Storytelling, Metafiction, Prequel, Sequel, Historical Fiction, Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Disciplines

Creative Writing

Abstract

Eclectic storytelling can encompass multiple genres. An attempt to combine the storytelling elements and genres of prequel, sequel, metafiction, and historical fiction into one story occurs in the screenplay The Legend of Eglantine Price. This screenplay is an attempt to combine successful storytelling genres to continue the story about the character Eglantine Price, created first by Mary Norton in her publication of The Magic Bed-knob (1945), and later with Walt Disney’s film adaptation Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). The research provided demonstrates the possibility of successfully crafting each of these genres into one screenplay which pushes the story of Eglantine, a character from the mid-twentieth century, into a twenty-first century plotline. An artist’s statement, said research, and the aforementioned screenplay are provided within this paper.

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