Theories of and explore how works transform across media. These concepts examine how stories change when adapted to new formats, and how texts relate to and influence each other.
Understanding adaptation and intertextuality is key to analyzing drama's evolution. These theories reveal how plays borrow, reimagine, and dialogue with other works, shaping our interpretation of both original and adapted texts.
Adaptation and Intertextuality in Drama
Defining Key Concepts
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Adaptation transforms a work from one medium or genre into another involving changes to suit new format or audience
Intertextuality describes relationships between texts where one work references, builds upon, or draws influence from others
Dramatic adaptations translate narrative elements, themes, and characters from source text into performative medium (theater, film, television)
Intertextuality in drama manifests through direct quotations, allusions, parody, or subtle thematic echoes
in adaptation theory examines degree of faithfulness to source material (plot, character, theme)
Adaptation and intertextuality intersect as adaptations engage in dialogue with source material and related texts
Applications in Dramatic Works
translates narrative elements between media considering unique affordances and limitations of each format
Adaptations prioritize different aspects of source material (plot fidelity, thematic resonance, character development)
incorporates and reframes elements of older media in new forms altering audience relationship with content
Adaptation strategies range from literal adaptation to interpretation to radical reimagining
Relationship between original and adaptation involves interplay of homage, critique, and
Cross-media adaptations explore unique expression of source material elements (internal monologue, visual symbolism)
Adaptation reception influenced by audience familiarity with source and expectations of fidelity or innovation
Original Text vs Adaptation
Transmediation and Remediation
Transmediation translates narrative elements between media formats
Considers unique affordances and limitations of each medium
Adapts storytelling techniques to suit new format (visual storytelling in film adaptations of novels)
Remediation incorporates older media forms into newer ones
Alters audience relationship with content
Examples include digital adaptations of print media (e-books, interactive graphic novels)
Adaptation strategies vary in approach to source material
Literal adaptation closely reproduces original elements
Interpretation maintains core elements while making significant changes
Radical reimagining uses source as loose inspiration
Fidelity and Innovation
Fidelity in adaptation examines faithfulness to source material
Plot fidelity preserves narrative structure and events
Character fidelity maintains personality traits and arcs
Thematic fidelity retains core ideas and messages
Adaptations may prioritize different aspects of source material