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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"literary adaptations"”.
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Adapting to Resist: Epistemic Resistance in Twenty-First Century Antigones
… of postcolonial ⁄ Global South theatrical and literary adaptations of *Antigone* alongside political theory from the Global South, such as Achille Mbembe′s necropolitics, Banu Bargu′s necroresistance, and Andrés Fabián Henao Castro′s reformulation of the metic for strangers (refugees, …
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The Adaptive Contexts of Videogame Adaptations and Franchises across Media
Videogame adaptations have been a staple of cinema and television since the 1980s and have had a consistent presence despite receiving overwhelmingly negative reactions. Recognising the perseverance of videogame adaptations, I examine some of the key issues and debates surrounding the genre with …
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Cinema and the Urdu Public Sphere: Literary imaginaries in the making of film cultures in north India (1930-50)
Urdu language and its literary culture had a considerable influence in shaping the narrative and aesthetic vocabularies of cinematic practice in India. While film scholars have recognized the role of Urdu in film dialogues and lyrics, few have attempted to understand the crucial processes by which …
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Literary Tourism: Linking Cultural Capital, Tourist Experiences and Perceptions of Authenticity
… capital and perceptions of authenticity in literary tourism experiences. Whilst authenticity is a central theme in literary tourism research, few studies have explored authenticity and Bourdieusian cultural capital concurrently. Thus, this thesis investigates the two concepts and proposes …
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Survival of the Fittest: Persistent Memes and Their Victorian Environments
<p> My study looks at Victorian adaptations of three key memes--narratives that are inherited and changed through a process of cultural evolution--and the nineteenth century cultural-historical conditions that produced those changes. Instead of focusing on issues of fidelity to originals, I read …
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?: A Future Nomination for the National Film Registry
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