How Film Adaptations Make the Original Poetic

Abstract This essay argues that film adaptations make the original poetic because the mode of expression changes from “telling” to “immersion.” The author refers to Walter Benjamin’s translation theory to discuss the nature of adaptation and makes use of several widely celebrated novels and their film versions as examples.

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Culture as Text
Published
2024-09-10
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https://doi.org/10.1515/cat-2024-0008
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Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
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How Film Adaptations Make the Original Poetic

Wang Chutong
Culture as Text
Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
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How Film Adaptations Make the Original Poetic

Wang Chutong
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Abstract This essay argues that film adaptations make the original poetic because the mode of expression changes from “telling” to “immersion.” The author refers to Walter Benjamin’s translation theory to discuss the nature of adaptation and makes use of several widely celebrated novels and their film versions as examples.

Culture as Text
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
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Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
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