Beyond Adaptation: Essays on Radical Transformations of Original Works

ISBN-13: 9780786442232 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 226 str.

Phyllis Frus; Christy Williams

Opis

Some film and novel revisions go so far beyond adaptation that they demand a new designation. This critical collection explores movies, plays, essays, comics and video games that supercede adaptation to radically transform their original sources. Fifteen essays investigate a variety of texts that rework everything from literary classics to popular children's books, demonstrating how these new, stand-alone creations critically engage their sources and contexts. Particular attention is paid to parody, intertextuality, and fairy-tale transformations in the examination of these works, all of which occupy a unique narrative and creative space.