Inversion, Amplification and Transaccentuation as Basic Adaptation Operations in the Film Witnesses by Vinko Brešan Cover Image

Inwersja, amplifikacja i transakcentacja jako podstawowe operacje adaptatorskie w filmie Vinka Brešana Svjedoci
Inversion, Amplification and Transaccentuation as Basic Adaptation Operations in the Film Witnesses by Vinko Brešan

Author(s): Anna Boguska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: film adaptation; intersemiotic translation; intercultural translation; Vinko Brešan; Jurica Pavičić

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to apply the theory of intersemiotic and interculturaltranslation to film adaptation. The author analyses Vinek Brešan’s film Witnesses(Svjedoci, 2003), based on Jurica Pavičić’s novel Plaster Sheep (Ovce od gipsa, 1997),pointing out and describing three formal and semantic operations (inversion, amplification,transaccentuation), which had a significant impact on the shape of the film.

  • Issue Year: 15/2025
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 1-21
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish
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