- Tytuł:
- Crossing the Textual Boundaries of James Clavell's Novel Shōgun in FX's TV Adaptation (2024)
- Autorzy:
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Benslama, Oussama
Souhali, Hichem - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/38453103.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2024-07-11
- Wydawca:
- Academicus. International Scientific Journal publishing house
- Tematy:
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James Clavell
omniscient narrator
inner monologues
novelistic boundaries
adaptation
Japanese culture - Opis:
- This paper is an analytical, comparative study between James Clavell's 1975 novel, Shōgun, and the 2024 mini-series adaptation created by Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks under the same name. It investigates the adaptation's artful methods of storytelling and the crucial decisions made by the showrunners throughout its production. Their aetmpt to polish the rich original story written by Clavell represents an important showcase for all modern adaptations that aspire to bring new ideas into classical narratives. As the novel had been known for its tendency to divulge into, long explanatory segments about the cultural and inner workings of Japan through abundant descriptions told by an omniscient narrator and through the use of inner monologues, the TV series is left to face the challenge of fitng all of the cultural guidelines and abstract thoughts onto a diefrent frame. To compensate for its bound lacklustre textual expression, the producers are forced to cross the novelistic boundaries of the book by focusing their eofrts on the great visual potential that the story could oefr. In this research, I will explore the decisions that carried the show throughout its episodes by relying on the structural theories of adaptation and the various socio-cultural opinions of scholars and critics, which revolve around the representation of Japanese culture by Western artists. My research mainly aims to assess the level of collaboration the two art mediums are able to achieve, both thematically and culturally, in their overall contribution to the story.
- Źródło:
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Academicus International Scientific Journal; 2024, 15, 30; 53-69
2079-3715
2309-1088 - Pojawia się w:
- Academicus International Scientific Journal
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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