THE GLASS MENAGERIE (1950): A GENRE ADAPTATION
THE GLASS MENAGERIE (1950): A GENRE ADAPTATION
Author(s): Vesna Tripković-SamardžićSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: adaptation; film; genre; intertext; play;
Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the transformation of Tenessee Williams’s expressionist tragedy The Glass Menagerie into a film melodrama of the ‘50s in light of the recent theory on adaptation as intertextual dialogism and the concept of genre as an intertextual aspect of adaptation. New readings of Williams’s play, rewritten in a film medium according to the conventions of a “woman’s picture“, are suggested.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 25/2019
- Issue No: 25
- Page Range: 153-160
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English