Orlando, Florida, may be one of the best places to discuss the subject of creation and re-creation of entertainment: the city lives under the shadow of Disney corporation, whose most celebrated re-creations are based on French texts from the 17th century French literature, and in particular Perraults fairy tales. From this perspective, whether we speak of ?reworks behind a princes castle, a morality tale to entertain children and parents alike, or even a theatrical representation that seems to appear from magic, the three hundred years that separate Orlando and Versailles seem to disappear: the parallels between the 17th and 21st centuries are founded on the same drive to enliven and enlighten ones world.

Charlotte Trinquet du Lys is associate professor of French and French program director at the University of Central Florida. Her research focuses on Early Modern European Fairy Tales, Womens Literature, and Folklore. She has published many articles and book chapters on womens fairy tales, and fairy tales in education.Her monograph: Le conte de fées français (1690-1700), Traditions italiennes et origines aristocratiques, was published in 2012 by Biblio 17.Benjamin Balak is associate professor of Economics at Rollins College. His areas of specialization are in the history, methodology, rhetoric, and ethics of economics. He has presented in numerous conferences, published several journal articles and book chapters, and written a book on the rhetoric of economics. He has devoted much of the past two decades to experimenting with technologically enhanced pedagogy, developing pluralistic curricula in economics, and facilitating interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary education and research.