Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same

A method of manufacturing a display apparatus, the method comprising:

• providing a lower base substrate comprising a display area at which an image is displayed and a peripheral area which is adjacent to the display area and at which the image is not displayed;
• providing a thin film transistor and a wire grid polarizer each on the lower base substrate in the display area thereof;
• providing a connecting line on the lower base substrate in the peripheral area thereof and electrically connected to the thin film transistor in the display area;
• providing a flexible film on the lower base substrate, the flexible film comprising a flat portion in the display area and in the peripheral area;
• in the peripheral area, separating a portion of the lower base substrate from a remainder of the lower base substrate to expose an end surface of the remainder of the lower base substrate,
• wherein in the peripheral area, each of the connecting line and the flat portion of the flexible film extends further than the end surface of the remainder of the lower base substrate;
• and
• in the peripheral area, bending each of the connecting line and the flat portion which extend further than the exposed end surface of the remainder of the lower base substrate, along the exposed end surface of the remainder of the lower base substrate to form the display apparatus.