Theorizing Adaptation in the Twenty-First Century

2020 ◽  
pp. 139-172
Author(s):  
Kamilla Elliott
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Film Studies ◽  
First Century ◽  
Film Adaptation ◽  
Adaptation Studies ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Theoretical Pluralism ◽  
Literature And Film

Chapter 4 traces the expansion of adaptation studies to new media and new theories in the twenty-first century. By 2006, literary film adaptation studies outnumbered general literature-and-film studies, and Linda Hutcheon authoritatively opened adaptation studies beyond literature and film and beyond dyadic disciplines and theoretical camps into a pluralism of media, disciplines, and theories, although debates between pre–theoretical turn and post–theoretical turn theories have continued. They continue because new theories have not resolved the problems of old theories for adaptation, so that scholars return to older theories to try to redress them. New theories have done a great deal for adaptation, but they have also introduced new theoretical problems: so much so, that the latest debates in adaptation study no longer lie between theoretical progressivism and theoretical return but between theoretical pluralism and theoretical abandonment. Beyond specific theories and differing modes of pluralism, this debate points to theorization’s failure to theorize adaptation more generally.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Kamilla Elliott
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Adaptation Studies ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Right ◽  
Theoretical Pluralism

Adaptation studies in the humanities has grown exponentially as a field since 1990, and many new theories have been brought to bear on it in the twenty-first century. Even so, adaptation scholars continue to view the field as theoretically lacking. For most, the problem of theorizing adaptation is that scholars are using the “wrong” theories, a problem to be remedied by using the “right” theories, although what the “right” theories are continues to be contested, even in an age of theoretical pluralism. This introduction inaugurates the book’s investigation of how and why the ways in which theorization has been practiced in the humanities generally has been wrong for adaptation studies particularly and offers an overview of the ways in which the chapters aim to redress the dysfunctional relationship between theorization and adaptation in the humanities.

Bollywood and Postmodernism

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neelam Sidhar Wright
Keyword(s):  
Film Studies ◽  
First Century ◽  
Indian Cinema ◽  
Alternative Method ◽  
Twenty First Century

‘New Bollywood’ has arrived, but its postmodern impulse often leaves film scholars reluctant to theorise its aesthetics. How do we define the style of a contemporary Bollywood film? Are Bollywood films just uninspired Hollywood rip-offs, or does their borrowing signal genuine innovation within the industry? Applying postmodern concepts and locating postmodern motifs in key commercial Hindi films, this book reveals how Indian cinema has changed in the twenty-first century. Equipping readers with an alternative method of reading contemporary Indian cinema, the book takes Indian film studies beyond the standard theme of diaspora, and exposes a new decade of aesthetic experimentation and textual appropriation in mainstream Bombay cinema. A bold celebration of contemporary Bollywood texts, this book radically redefines Indian film and persuasively argues for its seriousness as a field of cinematic studies.

scholarly journals Intercultural adapturgy : twenty-first century women adapting Spanish golden age plays

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Mary Elaine Vansant
Keyword(s):  
Golden Age ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
First Century ◽  
Dramatic Literature ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Spanish Golden Age ◽  
Adaptation Studies ◽  
Script Analysis ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Insight Into

Transferring work from one culture to another through translation or adaptation is a delicate process which requires careful consideration of both the positionality of the adapter and the intertextual reaction of the adapted work's target audience. In addition to traditional adaptation theories like intertextuality, the theatrical field of dramaturgy offers helpful insight into the adaptation process, especially as it relates to plays. This dissertation examines the ways that the combination of adaptation studies and dramaturgy, which Jane Barnette calls adapturgy, can inform intercultural adaptaitons of dramatic literature to create performable and effective theatre experiences for twenty-first century audiences. I achieve this goal by first examining two adapted plays: A Little Betrayal Among Friends by Caridad Svich, adapted from La traicion en la amistad by Maria de Zayas y Sotomayor, and Fever/Dream by Sheila Callaghan, adapted from La vida es sueno by Pedro Calderon de la Barca. I look at how dramaturgical and adapation theories can be applied to these plays via script analysis and contextual questioning. Then, using the skills gleaned from those two examples, I create my own translation and adaptation of Los empenos de una casa by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and I reflect on my adapturgical process of doing so. In creating both a translation, titled How to Build a Noble House, and an adaptation, titled With the Temptation, a Way of Escape, I both preserve the unique traits of the Spanish Golden Age for performance in the twenty-first century and amplify Sor Juana's comedic and social intentions for a contemporary society. I believe that both of these considerations, alongside a reflection on the adapter's positionality and the intentions of the producing organization and production team for a live production, are invaluable to both the field of adaptaiton studies and of dramaturgy.

scholarly journals Animal Oppression and Solidarity: Examining Representations of Animals and Their Allies in Twenty-First Century Media

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-109
Author(s):  
Tayler Zavitz ◽  
Corie Kielbiski
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
First Century ◽  
Complex Media ◽  
Animal Suffering ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
Human World ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Literature And Film

Popular media, both literature and film, provide a location in which animal suffering, resistance and solidarity are finally visible. An examination of Bong Joon-ho’s award-winning film Okja (2017) and Karen Joy Fowler’s New York Timesbest-selling novel We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (2013) reveals complex media representations of animals that highlight the significance of twenty-first century media in depicting the animal in the human world.

Hacking Adaptation: Updating, Porting, and Forking the Shakespearean Source Code

Adaptation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reto Winckler
Keyword(s):  
Source Code ◽  
First Century ◽  
Adaptation Studies ◽  
Computer Hacking ◽  
The Past ◽  
Central Argument ◽  
Twenty First Century

Abstract This essay proposes that computer hacking can provide us with an appropriate framework through which to rethink the basic workings of adaptation in general and Shakespeare adaptation in particular in the twenty-first century. Building on the work of Thomas Leitch and Sarah Cardwell in adaptation studies and Christopher Kelty in the anthropology of the hacker movement, the essay positions itself as an alternative to Douglas Lanier’s model of the Shakespeare rhizome. The central argument is that understanding Shakespeare’s works as source code, and adaptations of them as hacks of that source code, as well as sources of future hacks, makes it possible to account for and work with the difficult but crucial notions of the source and of fidelity, while resolving many of the theoretical, practical, and political problems which motivated scholars to avoid or try to overcome those notions in the past.

scholarly journals New Chinglish and the Post-Multilingualism challenge: Translanguaging ELF in China

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Wei
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
First Century ◽  
Chinese Speakers ◽  
Chinese Characteristics ◽  
Language And Communication ◽  
New Form ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
New Generation

AbstractBuilding on the extensive ELF research that aims to reconceptualise English as a resource that can be appropriated and exploited without allegiance to its historically native speakers, this article explores the issue of English in China by examining New Chinglish that has been created and shared by a new generation of Chinese speakers of English in China and spread through the new media. This new form of English has distinctive Chinese characteristics and serves a variety of communicative, social and political purposes in response to the Post-Multilingualism challenges in China and beyond. I approach New Chinglish from a Translanguaging perspective, a theoretical perspective that is intended to raise fundamental questions about the validity of conventional views of language and communication and to contribute to the understanding of the Post-Multilingualism challenges that we face in the twenty-first century.

scholarly journals La ética y el desafío de vivir una ciudadanía democrática “La ética en la educación desde una perspectiva en común”

2016 ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Antonio Calderón
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
First Century ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
The World ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías ◽  
New Form ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion

ResumenNuestro Siglo XXI vive cambios muy profundos, los cuales están basados en las nuevas tecnologías, nuevos medios de comunicación, nuevas formas de relaciones humanas y nueva forma de hacer cultura, es decir, es un modo nuevo de ver el mundo con otros ojos, pero, es en este ver y rever, donde se va descubriendo una trama de problemas con connotaciones muy profundas que afectan al ser humano y a toda la arquitectura de los entramados sociales vigentes, en estado de democracia. Ahora bien, estos nuevos comportamientos o hábitos, deben ser objetos de estudio. La Ética y la pedagogía deben ser las primeras interesadas en ella, pues es la segunda puerta por donde las nuevas generaciones deben construir sus hábitos para una vivencia y convivencia más humana y humanizada. Nuestra propuesta es una vivencia desde la ética pedagógica en un contexto marcado por la pluralidad.Palabras clave: Ética pedagógica - pluralidad - comunicación - diálogo - educación en valores - hábitos AbstractThis Twenty-First Century experiences very deep changes based on newtechnologies, new media, new forms of human relations and new form ofculture, that is, a new way of seeing the world with new eyes. And it is inthis viewing and reviewing where we discover a variety of problems withdeep connotations affecting humans and the entire architecture of theexisting social frameworks, in a state of democracy. These new behaviorsand/or habits must be subjected to study. Ethics and pedagogy shouldbe the first interested, because they represent the second opportunityfor the younger generations build their habits for living and sharing ina more humanized way. Our proposal is an experience from teachingethics in a context marked by plurality.Keywords: Pedagogical ethics, pluralism, communication, dialogue,education in values, habits ResumoO nosso século XXI, vive mudanças muito profundas, que são baseadasnas novas tecnologias, novos médios de comunicação, novas formas derelações humanas e nova forma de fazer cultura, ou seja, é uma novamaneira de ver o mundo com outros olhos, mas neste ver e rever, ondevai-se descobrindo uma trama de problemas com conotações profundasque afetam ao ser humano e toda a arquitetura das estruturas sociais existentes,em estado de democracia. Agora, esses novos comportamentos e /ou hábitos devem ser objetos de estudo. A ética e a pedagogia devem seras primeiras interessadas nela, pois é a segunda porta por onde as novasgerações devem construir seus hábitos para uma vivencia e convivênciamais humana e humanizada. Nossa proposta é uma vivencia desde a éticapedagógica num contexto marcado pela pluralidade.Palavras-chave: Ética pedagógica, pluralidade, comunicação, diálogo,educação em valores, hábitos.

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