1st Edition

Translation and Adaptation in Theatre and Film

Edited By Katja Krebs Copyright 2014
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

This book provides a pioneering and provocative exploration of the rich synergies between adaptation studies and translation studies and is the first genuine attempt to discuss the rather loose usage of the concepts of translation and adaptation in terms of theatre and film. At the heart of this collection is the proposition that translation studies and adaptation studies have much to offer each... Read more

1. Introduction: Collisions, Diversions and Meeting Points Katja Krebs Part I: Converging Agendas 2. Definitions, Dyads, Triads and Other Points of Connection in Translation and Adaptation Discourse Márta Minier 3. Bakhtin, Translation and Adaptation Dennis Cutchins 4. Anti-Essentialist Versions of Aggregate Alice: A Grin Without a Cat Eckart Voigts-Virchow Part II: Merging Ideas 5. Theorising Omkara John Milton 6. The Thief of Baghdad: Foreignising Adaptations Jessica Wiest 7. Molière among the Penguins: John Wood’s translations for the early Penguin Classics Adrienne Mason Part III: Emerging Practices 8. Half-Masks and Stage Blood: Translating, Adapting and Performing French Historical Theatre Forms Richard J. Hand 9. Bridging the Translation/ Adaptation Divide: A Pedagogical View Laurence Raw & Tony Gurr 10. Scenic Narration: Between Film and Theatre Ildikó Ungvari Zrínyi 11. When Creation, Translation and Adaptation Meet: SignDance Collective’s New Gold Pedro de Senna

Biography

Katja Krebs is Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Bristol, UK.