Adaptation Studies and Their Transposal Onto Screen in Wuthering Heights Films
Adaptation Studies and Their Transposal Onto Screen in Wuthering Heights Films

Summary/Abstract: The intention of the paper is to demonstrate the way in which the feminine in Wuthering Heights films is rendered on screen, in consideration of the historical, cultural and socio-economical context of the adaptations, but also on whether the director of the film was a woman or a man. This particular issue is of interest to me, as the feminine in the Wuthering Heights screenings, I shall discuss, speaks for the role of the women and the way in which they were perceived by the societies of those times. In my endeavour, I shall focus on analyzing three Wuthering Heights adaptations: William Wyler’s, Peter Kosminsky’s and Coky Giedroyc’s, in terms of their fidelity to the source text. It is my intention to address this inquiry in terms of intertextuality and with reference to the layering process that produces an addition in meaning, through the addition to and / or altering of previous (re)workings. The conclusion is that Wuthering Heights film adaptations imply both recognition and remembrance of the novel, while also carrying an individual aura within them in terms of the way in which the original material is filtered and staged. I contemplate that my research contributes to the field of adaptive studies, while also addressing instances of cinematic depictions, especially in regard to the way in which the feminine is delivered to the public.

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