Stratégies d’adaptation de La vie devant soi : fonctions éthiques et transformations filmiques
Adaptation Strategies of The Life Before Us: Ethical Functions and Screen Transformations
Author(s): Antoaneta RobovaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Fiction, Studies of Literature, Novel, French Literature, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Translation Studies
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Romain Gary; film adaptation; intertextuality; humanism; empathy
Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses two film adaptations (1977, 2020) of Romain Gary’s novel The Life Before Us exploring the transformation strategies originating from the transition from page to screen as well as different forms of (re)contextualisation in the 20th and 21st century. The comparative case study examines the evolution of dominant adaptation approaches going from fidelity to the source text to intertextuality and reinvention. We aim to reveal the relevance of the author’s humanist views through the strong visual thematisation of universal values and empathic figures’ interactions.
Journal: Colloquia Comparativa Litterarum
- Issue Year: 8/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 95-104
- Page Count: 10
- Language: French