adaptation theory a brief introduction. 1) adaptations: typology 1)medium (intermediality)...
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Adaptation Theory
A Brief Introduction
1) Adaptations: typology
1) Medium (intermediality)a) Literary text → literary text (no change
of medium)b) Literary text → film, play, musical, etc.
(change of medium)c) Theme park, video game, etc. (change
of medium, interactivity)
1) Adaptations: typology
2) Faithfulness a) Literalb) Faithfulc) Loose
1) Adaptations: typology
3) Narrativea) Prequelb) Parallelquelc) Sequel
1) Adaptations: typology – Adaptation chain
2) Adaptations: original vs. inferior remake• Adaptation is always “inferior” to the
“original” because it is not original• “Part of this pleasure [gained from
adaptations], I want to argue, comes simply from repetition with variation, from the comfort of ritual combined with the piquancy of surprise.” (Hutcheon 4)
• Outstanding works in one medium can only be inferior in another
• Mediocre literary works – good “raw material” for (film)adaptation
• Fundamental question in analysis: how does the adaptation INTERPRET the source text? (invented scenes)
3) Film adaptations: basic assumptions• Intertextual relationship between adapted
text and adaptation• Change of medium (verbal to visual
language) → necessary changes, problem areas– Narration– Point of view– Style– Allusions
• Essential elements of film narratives:– Mise en scène (frame – similar to paintings,
static arrangement of objects; fluid choreography – similar to theatre) – e.g. shots, angles, light and dark, colour, lenses, filters, camera movement, editing
– Narrative (realistic/formalistic), dialogues, acting, music