Henry James’s “Washington Square” The Book and the Movie(s1) – From Convergence to Portability
Henry James’s “Washington Square” The Book and the Movie(s1) – From Convergence to Portability

Summary/Abstract: Literature and film, the book or the movie ? In order to enjoy the story, do we have to choose one or the other? Is there a better, a more fortunate approach of the two fields – literature and film ? Which is the best or the fairest in terms of the audience, or in terms of the reader or of the film viewer, when it comes to conveying the meaning? Has literatureirrespective of support i.e. books on paper or e-books, irrespective of gender, the classical novel, literature for children, science fiction, novels that mix fiction and history, come back to life or does it sell better since so many feature films, TV series based on literature books are available via linear media services (the classical TV broadcasting programs) or on non-linear audiovisual media services television (i.e. on-demand audiovisual media services)?. Does the audiovisual – i.e. moving images and sounds under editorial responsibility of the broadcaster - sell text books better, do things happen the other way round, does it really mater which of the two plays the role of the locomotive ? Yes, it makes a world of a difference from so many points of view of the audience, as we shall see further on....Just a few examples: the Harry Potter series of fantasy novels and the film series based on the novels, the TV Turkish series broadcast round the world, Suleiman the Magnificent and the novel by André Clot or by Harold Lamb or by Erhan Afyoncu, Catch 22 by Joshph Heller and the movie, a 1970 American black comedy war film adapted from the same name novel, the Agatha Christie famous detective novels and films based on these novels with great detectives Hercule Poirot and Ms. Marple. The Midsummer Murder series based on Caroline Graham’s novels and so many others...

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