85348 20191118101539.0 TAZ-TFG-2019-2163 eng Escudero Serrano, Isabel "Here's to the fools who dream": La La Land as a Reinterpretation of the Classical Musical Genre. "Here's to the fools who dream": La La Land as a Reinterpretation of the Classical Musical Genre. Zaragoza Universidad de Zaragoza 2019 by-nc-sa Creative Commons 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ This dissertation explores the influence of the classical American film musical on the film La La Land (2016) and the way the film both follows and challenges the conventions of the genre. This essay starts with a brief introduction to the main characteristics of the classical musicals as defined by Rick Altman in The American Film Musical, the primary critical source. First, the essay will focus on the film as a tribute to the classical period of Hollywood, analysing the conventions of classical musicals that are referenced throughout the movie, such as the formation of the couple. Secondly, it will explore the way the film adapts to a contemporary socio-historical moment by subverting the expectations brought about by the genre by means of the introduction of the concept of “confluent love,” which results in the eventual separation of the couple. As this essay will argue, La La Land is both a classical and a modern musical, given that it manages to blend the main elements of classical musicals into the context of our modern society. RESUMEN<br /> Graduado en Estudios Ingleses Derechos regulados por licencia Creative Commons Azcona Montoliu, María del Mar dir. Universidad de Zaragoza 717248@celes.unizar.es 898216 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/85348/files/TAZ-TFG-2019-2163.pdf Memoria (eng) oai:zaguan.unizar.es:85348 driver trabajos-fin-grado deposita:2019-11-18 TAZ TFG FFYL 20190626113935.CREATION_DATE