The March of Fools in Literature and Cinema (1970s)
The March of Fools in Literature and Cinema (1970s)

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to examine how a literary text is transferred to cinema, based on the example of Choi In-ho’s newspaper novel The March of Fools and its film adaptation by Ha Gil-jong. Here, adaptation is defined as the transfer of form and/or content from a source to a result, such as from a novel to a film, or any other adaptive compilation (Bruhn, Gjelsvik and Hanssen, 2013, p. 9). As Jorgen Bruhn writes, “should we not admit that the adaptive process is dialectical, and that the source text is changed in the process of adaptation as well?” (Bruhn, Gjelsvik and Frisvold Hanssen, 2013, p. 9). First of all, we will briefly present the author and the historical background at the time. Then, we will move onto the novel and its adaptation. At the same time, we will trace the presence of traditional elements in the literary text, as well as in its film adaptation, which stems from traditional Korean culture and classical literature.

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