Magic, timelessness and universal film retelling of the novels Little Witch (Die kleine Hexe) and The Wizard's Apprentice (Krabat)
2013
Abstract
This article is a continuation of a study which was published in 2009. It deals with literary and cinematic narrative.
It provides an analysis of fairy tale motifs in the work of Little Witch and an analysis of mythic themes from the book of The Wizard's Apprentice. It focuses on the description of human archetypes.
Right in their center there could be seen the struggle between good and evil, a conflict of white magic symbolizing love and black magic symbolizing evil.