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Abstract
Legend scholarship has often focused on how legend translates to behavior in the form of legend trips. This article explores how accounts of a legend trip appear in oral tradition, print culture, and in various platforms on the internet, using the example of the legend of the Bronze Lady of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Relying on notions of hybridity in both folklore and the study of literature, I discuss the hybridization of the legend that occurs online, leading to an analysis of the legend as it has merged the “Get Ready with Me” make-up tutorial video. Based on ethnography and the examination of digital and print texts, this analysis attempts to articulate the affordances of new media and different context for narrative.
Résumé
Les études sur les légendes se sont souvent concentrées sur la façon dont la légende prend vie par les excursions effectuées sur les lieux. Cet article examine les récits de ces excursions dans la tradition orale, les documents écrits et diverses plateformes sur Internet, en prenant l’exemple de la légende de la Dame de bronze du cimetière de Sleepy Hollow. En m’appuyant sur la notion d’hybridité dans le folklore et la littérature, j’envisage l’hybridation de la légende qui se crée en ligne et se fond dans la vidéo d’un tutoriel de maquillage « Get Ready with Me » que j’analyse ici. Fondée sur l’ethnographie et l’examen de textes en ligne et imprimés, cette étude tente d’articuler les possibilités des nouveaux médias et les différents contextes de narration.
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