(Routledge Companions) 1st Edition
by Dennis Cutchins (Editor), Katja Krebs (Editor), Eckart Voigts (Editor)
The Routledge Companion to Adaptation
offers a broad range of scholarship from this growing,
interdisciplinary field. With a basis in source-oriented studies, such
as novel-to-stage and stage-to-film adaptations, this volume also seeks
to highlight the new and innovative aspects of adaptation studies,
ranging from theatre and dance to radio, television and new media. It is
divided into five sections:
- Mapping, which presents a variety of perspectives on the scope and development of adaptation studies;
- Historiography, which investigates the ways in which adaptation engages with – and disrupts – history;
- Identity, which considers texts and practices in adaptation as sites of multiple and fluid identity formations;
- Reception,
which examines the role played by an audience, considering the
unpredictable relationships between adaptations and those who experience
them;
- Technology, which focuses
on the effects of ongoing technological advances and shifts on specific
adaptations, and on the wider field of adaptation.
An
emphasis on adaptation-as-practice establishes methods of
investigation that move beyond a purely comparative case study model. The Routledge Companion to Adaptation celebrates the complexity and diversity of adaptation studies, mapping the field across genres and disciplines.
