Modernized version of a classic folktale examples

#Modernized version of a classic folktale examples series#

Douglas Clegg: Mordred, Bastard Son (2006) centers on a sympathetic Mordred, who enters into a romance with Lancelot.

#Modernized version of a classic folktale examples series#

Mark Chadbourn: The Age of Misrule, The Dark Age and Kingdom of the Serpent trilogies (2000вЂ“09) take a modern twist of Arthurian legend and Celtic mythology, using them as a basis for a dark series of novels set in modern Britain, in which the Celtic gods return to take back the land.

Meg Cabot: Avalon High (2005) is a novel in which high school students find themselves to be reincarnations of characters from the Arthurian cycle.

Bryher: Ruan (1960) is a historical novel in Britain immediately after Arthur's death.

James Herbert Brennan: The GrailQuest (1984вЂ“87) gamebooks center on the kingdom of King Arthur.

Gillian Bradshaw: The Down the Long Wind trilogy Hawk of May (1980), Kingdom of Summer (1982), and In Winter's Shadow (also 1982) looks at the King Arthur legend through the eyes of a classical scholar.

Marion Zimmer Bradley: The Mists of Avalon (1983) is the classic of modern reinterpretations of the Arthurian legend through the points of view of powerful women behind Camelot, namely Morgaine, Gwenhwyfar, and Morgause.

Thomas Berger: Arthur Rex (1978) is a tragicomic retelling of the Arthurian legend.

The book was passed to Arthur's true son, and from Arthur's son came the Knights Templar. In this case, Arthur was betrayed when he refused to pass the book on to his illegitimate son. Lewis: The Revenge of the Shadow King (2006) reveals an alternate history of Arthur who was betrayed and murdered by his half-sister Morgan le Fay, who is portrayed as an evil immortal being known as the Black Witch, for possession of a sacred book which had been passed down father-to-son for thousands of years.

Donald Barthelme: The King (1990), in which Arthurian characters fight in WWII and the atomic bomb has characteristics of the Holy Grail.

Barron: The Merlin Saga, about the life of Merlin (1996-2011). Attanasio: The Dragon and the Unicorn (1994), The Eagle and the Sword (1997), The Wolf and the Crown (1998), and The Serpent and the Grail (1999) Main article: Bibliography of King Arthur

5.3 Foreign-language television series and films.

5.1.5 Television series, modernization and parodies.

5.1.2 Television films and specials, modernization and parodies.

5.1 English-language, Live-action Television series and films.

4.2.2 Films based on the Tristan legend.

4.2.1 Films based on Richard Wagner's Parsifal.

4.1.4 Films based on A Connecticut Yankee.4.1.3 Adaptations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.4.1.1 Adaptations of the original Arthurian Legend.