Contemporary Theories in Adaptation Studies: State of the Art and New Directions
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The article presents the methodological debate in contemporary adaptation studies, which has not been discussed in greater detail in Polish research. The author describes three trends characteristic of the latest adaptation theories: metatheoretical attempts to reframe the notion of adaptation, criticism of medium-specificity approach, opening up to cultural, social and economic contexts. According to the author, one of the greatest challenges that adaptation studies faces is to overcome the discipline’s division into textual and contextual research (which was noticed by Kamilla Elliott). A category that could link formalistic and cultural approaches is, as the author argues, the category of discourse, which has not been the subject of a broader debate within the discipline so far. Referring to the examples of the latest Polish film adaptations, the author indicates possible ways of applying the concept of discourse in comparative studies.
Keywords:
film adaptation, adaptation studies, formalism, cultural studies, discourse, contemporary Polish literatureReferences
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Robert Birkholcbeerek38@wp.pl
University of Warsaw Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5192-4997
PhD, Assistant in the Department of Comparative Studies at the Faculty of Polish Studies at the University of Warsaw. His particular focus of research is intersemiotic translation and the narrativity of literature and film. He published, among others, in Kwartalnik Filmowy, Tekstualia, Konteksty, Załącznik Kulturoznawczy, Rocznik Komparatystyczny, Studia Europaea Gnesnensia. Author of the book Podwójna perspektywa. O subiektywizacji zapośredniczonej w filmie [The Double Perspective. On Mediated Subjectivisation in Film] (2019).
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