A CASE OF PERSISTENT TRANSMEDIAGENY: CARMEN
A CASE OF PERSISTENT TRANSMEDIAGENY: CARMEN

Summary/Abstract: Drawing on the concepts of transwriting, mediageny and transmediageny, developed in the 90s by theoreticians coming from the field of media studies, namely André Gaudreault and Philippe Marion, the present article aims to showcase the meaning of the various modifications undergone by Prosper Mérimée's story Carmen, in its transition from one medium to another. Although, when published, Mérimée's text didn't enjoy particular success, it eventually left its mark on the cultural imaginary, especially through the character Carmen - who became for some the feminine counterpart of Don Juan, and for others the illustration of the ancient Greek myth of the proximity of Eros and Thanatos. Without ignoring the other adaptations that contributed to making Carmen a case of persistent transmediageny, we will focus our analysis on the utterly uninhibited manner in which Jean Luc Godard has approached this already sacralised literary source, adapting it for the film titled Prénom. Carmen.

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