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Adaptation theory and criticism : postmodern literature and cinema in the USA /

Exploring Hollywood feature films as well as small studio productions, this text explores the intertextuality of a dozen films through a series of case studies introduced through discussions of postmodern methodology and practice. Providing the reader with informative background on theories of film...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Slethaug, Gordon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York ; London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1.
  • Modernism
  • Postmodernism and Origin
  • Intertextual Play in Adaptation Theory
  • Chapter 2.
  • Adaptation, Surplus Value, and Supplementation in Six Degrees of Separation and Short Cuts
  • 2.1 Surplus, Supplementation, and Transformation in John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation
  • 2.2 E Pluribus Unum: Raymond Carver's Fiction and Robert Altman's Short Cuts
  • Chapter 3.
  • Intertextual Doubling in The Age of Innocence, Gangs of New York, and The Great Gatsby
  • 3.1 Tribalization as Intertextual Symptom: Scorsese's The Age of Innocence and Gangs of New York
  • 3.2 Ironized Intertextuality: The Age of Innocence and The Great Gatsby
  • Chapter 4.
  • Freeplay, Citation, and Ethnocriticism: Single and Multiple Sources in Smoke Signals, Smoke, and Do the Right Thing
  • 4.1 Ethnocriticism and Adaptation: Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and Chris Eyre's Smoke Signals
  • 4.2 From Lee to Auster and Wang: Postmodern Indeterminacy and Racial Relations in Do the Right Thing and SMOKE
  • Chapter 5.
  • Palimpsests and Bricolage: Playful and Serious Citation in Broken Flowers and Snow White's Offspring
  • 5.1 Palimpsest, Play, and the Myth of Filiation in Broken Flowers: Clues, Signs, and Referential Mania
  • 5.2 Snow White's Offspring: The Hyper-Palimpsest
  • Conclusion
  • Works Cited
  • Index