Title: Adaptation : studies in French and francophone culture /
Authors: Archer, Neil, 1971-; Weisl-Shaw, Andreea, 1983-; University of Cambridge
Publisher: Peter Lang,
Year: 2012
Subjects: French literature History and criticism Congresses; Literature Adaptations History and criticism Congresses.; Film adaptations History and criticism Congresses.; Intertextuality Congresses.; France Intellectual life Congresses.
Abstract: Originating in the conference held at the University of Cambridge in 2009, this collection of essays includes a range of innovative papers from across the diverse field of French and Francophone studies. From medieval texts to the dramatization of the novel, from postcolonial writing to the politics of film and the bande dessinée, the articles in this collection draw on recent developments in the theories of adaptation, translation, and cultural and textual transition. In keeping with these developments, they move the notion of adaptation away from questions of authenticity and fidelity, thinking instead about the movement across texts and time, and the way such movement generates new meanings. Offering insightful approaches to its subjects of study, the book is an engaging contribution to this growing area of research. -- From publisher's website.
Contents: Introduction: Theorizing Adaptation / Neil Archer and Andreea Weisl-Shaw -- Part I: Translation and Adaptation of scripts and images from the medieval and early modern periods -- Adapting the image / Laurence Grove -- The adaptation of scribal practices in medieval Burgundy: the example of MS Glasgow Hunter 252 Les Cents Nouvelles Nouvelles / Geoffrey Roger -- The strengthening of the frame in the Fables Pierres Aufors / Andreea Weisl-Shaw -- Part 2: From source to stage: adaptations in French theatre -- Molière's Dom Juan: the trickster transformed / Emilia Wilton-Godberfforde -- 'La contrefaçon spirituelle': Balzac and the unauthorised stage adaptions of novels / Sotirios Paraschas -- Theatrical adaptations on the Parisian stage during the nineteenth century: debates, disputes and scandals in the press / Geneviève de Viveiros -- Harold Pinter and Di Trevis in search of lost text: the theatrical image of Proust / Peter Collier -- Part 3: Adaptation and translation in postcolonical writing -- 'Ecrivain? Qu'est-ce qu'un écrivain?' Oraliture translated in Maryse Condé's Traversée de la Mangrove / Claire Bisdorff -- Adaptation to colonialism in Paris: Damas's Pigments / Bart Miller -- Part 4: Trans-cultural and trans-historical reception in literature and film -- Adapting imagery: the seventeenth century English translation of French poetic descriptions / Anne Cameron -- Hiding and marketing frenchness: adapting the promotion of French films for British audiences / Cécile Renaud -- Attack of the clones: watching stars playing stars in French biopics / Neil Archer -- Part 5: Performance, Adaptation and subjectivity -- Madame Bovary: a catastrophist reading of adaptation / Ruth Morris -- Voice in adaptation: Tardi's illustration of Céline's Voyage au bout de la nuit / Armelle Blin-Rolland -- Adopting and adapting: ethnic minority women's quest for identity in the bande dessinée / Catriona McLeod -- Notes on contributors -- Index.