
Abstract: Astrid Scholte, an Australian YA author, painter, and artist, has produced artistic works based on fast-paced fantasy fiction, magical world-building, and thriller mysteries. This research aims to critically analyze the Disneyized world that appeared in Scholte’s Four Dead Queens. The purpose is to explore the themed environments and the social environments operated by consumption forms and the characters’ aesthetic and emotional performances. This paper asks: if the Disney-themed world appears in the novel’s setting; if the Hybrid Consumption helps Quadara stay longer; and if the employers affect employees/characters’ psychology, compel them to perform emotionally and robotically. For collecting data, this research followed the Library Research Process. From the Qualitative Approach, contextual analysis was done by evaluating Bryman’s The Disneyization of Society. By applying Bryman’s theory, this study explored the Disney-themed quadrants, quadrants, buildings, apartments, roads, and outfits. Additionally, it deduced that the more needs fulfilled by the queens through consuming hybridity in the Quadara collectively and in their quadrants individually, the longer they get the expected results. Furthermore, the study demonstrated the emotional and robotic lives of the characters being employees in their respective quadrants. While covering the value of a themed world in the novel’s modern world-building and its fusion into Hybrid consumption, this study contributes to the existing fantasy fiction and modern Disney Literature in depth. Keywords: Disneyized, Themed-environments, Hybrid Consumption, Disneyization, Performative Labour.
Languages and literature, art and culture, FOS: Languages and literature
Languages and literature, art and culture, FOS: Languages and literature
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