A Theory of Adaptation

by Hutcheon; Linda

• ISBN13: 9780415539388
• ISBN10: 0415539382
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-08-27
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

A Theory of Adaptationexplores the continuous development of creative adaptation, and argues that the practice of adapting is central to the story-telling imagination. Linda Hutcheon develops a theory of adaptation through a range of media, from film and opera, to video games, pop music and theme parks, analysing the breadth, scope and creative possibilities within each. This new edition is supplemented by a new preface from the author, discussing both new adaptive forms/platforms and recent critical developments in the study of adaptation. It also features an illuminating new epilogue from Siobhan O'Flynn, focusing on adaptation in the context of digital media. She considers the impact of transmedia practices and properties on the form and practice of adaptation, as well as studying the extension of game narrative across media platforms, fan-based adaptation (from Twitter and Facebook to home movies), and the adaptation of books to digital formats. A Theory of Adaptationis the ideal guide to this ever evolving field of study and is essential reading for anyone interested in adaptation in the context of literary and media studies.

Author Biography

Linda Hutcheon is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of English, and Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto, Canada. Siobhan O'flynn is Senior Lecturer in the Canadian Studies of Toronto, Canada, and Adjunct Graduate Faculty in the OCADU/CFC Media Lab Digital Futures Masters Program at the Canadian Film Centre's Media Lab.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. xi
Preface to the first edition	p. xiii
Preface to the second edition	p. xix
Acknowledgments	p. xxix
Beginning to Theorize Adaptation: What? Who? Why? How? Where? When?	p. 1
Familiarity and Contempt	p. 2
Treating Adaptations as Adaptations	p. 6
Exactly What Gets Adapted? How?	p. 9
Double Vision: Defining Adaptation	p. 15
Adaptation as Product Announced, Extensive, Specific Transcoding	p. 16
Adaptation as Process	p. 18
Modes of Engagement	p. 22
Framing Adaptation	p. 27
What? (Forms)	p. 33
Medium Specificity Revisited	p. 33
Telling ←→ Showing	p. 38
Showing ←→ Showing	p. 46
Interacting ←→ Telling or Showing	p. 50
Cliché #1	p. 52
Cliché #2	p. 56
Cliché #3	p. 63
Cliché #4	p. 68
Learning from Practice	p. 72
Who? Why? (Adapters)	p. 79
Who is the Adapter?	p. 80
Why Adapt?	p. 85
The Economic Lures	p. 86
The Legal Constraints	p. 88
Cultural Capital	p. 91
Personal and Political Motives	p. 92
Learning from Practice	p. 95
Intentionality in Adaptations	p. 105
How? (Audiences)	p. 113
The pleasures of Adaptation	p. 114
Knowing and Unknowing Audiences	p. 120
Modes of Engagement Revisited	p. 128
Kinds and Degrees of Immersion	p. 133
Where? When? (Contexts)	p. 141
The Vastness of Context	p. 142
Transcultural Adaptation	p. 145
Indenization	p. 148
Learning from Practice	p. 153
Why Carmen?	p. 153
The Carmen Story-and Stereotype	p. 154
Indigenizing Carmen	p. 158
Final Questions	p. 169
What Is Not an Adaptation?	p. 170
What Is the Appeal of Adaptations?	p. 172
Epilogue	p. 179
References	p. 207
Index	p. 239
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