| Description |
184 pages ; 21 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
The new critical idiom |
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New critical idiom.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-178) and index. |
| Contents |
Defining terms -- What is adaptation? -- What is appropriation? -- Literary archetypes -- 'Here's a strange alteration' : Shakespearean appropriations -- 'It's a very old story' : myth and metamorphosis -- 'Other versions' of fairy tale and folklore -- Alternative perspectives -- Constructing alternative points of view -- 'We "other Victorians"'; or, rethinking the nineteenth century -- Stretching history; or, appropriating the facts -- Appropriating the arts and sciences. |
| Summary |
"From the apparently simple adaptation of a text into film, theatre or a new literary work, to the more complex appropriation of style or meaning, it is arguable that all texts are somehow connected to a network of existing texts and art forms. Combining theoretical grounding with the aesthetic pleasure of reading and writing, this book explores: multiple definitions and practices of adaptation and appropriation; the cultural and aesthetic politics behind the impulse to adapt; diverse ways in which contemporary literature and film adapt, revise and re-imagine other works of art; the impact on adaptation and appropriation of theoretical movements, including structuralism, post-structuralism, postcolonialism, postmodernism, feminism and gender studies; the appropriation across time and cultures of specific canonical texts, but also of literary archetypes such as myth or fairy tale"--Page [i]. |
| Subject |
Literature -- Adaptations.
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Literature. (OCoLC)fst00999953
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| Genre/Form |
Adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01423910
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| ISBN |
0415311713 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780415311717 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0415311721 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780415311724 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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