The aim of the present study is to analyse Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem by Peter Ackroyd and The Limehouse Golem by Juan Carlos Medina in order to investigate the transmediation/remediation process that occurs when neo-Victorian novels are adapted for the screen. Paying specyfic attention to the double process of adaptation that questions the same concept of source text, referring to the problem of reference as highlighted by Hutcheon (1988; 1989; 2006) and Hadley (2010), the novel by Peter Ackroyd becomes the paradigm of a postmodern receptive model with the rewriting/appropriation of the source text. The polyphonic structure of the novels allows to identifiy Victorian voices as part of the postmodern narrative, proving readers with an example of biographical novel/novelistic biography, where history and fiction merge.
Adapting historical characters for the screen: dal Dan Leno di Peter Ackroyd al Limehouse Golem di Juan Carlos Medina
Di Gregorio G
Primo
2022-01-01
Abstract
The aim of the present study is to analyse Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem by Peter Ackroyd and The Limehouse Golem by Juan Carlos Medina in order to investigate the transmediation/remediation process that occurs when neo-Victorian novels are adapted for the screen. Paying specyfic attention to the double process of adaptation that questions the same concept of source text, referring to the problem of reference as highlighted by Hutcheon (1988; 1989; 2006) and Hadley (2010), the novel by Peter Ackroyd becomes the paradigm of a postmodern receptive model with the rewriting/appropriation of the source text. The polyphonic structure of the novels allows to identifiy Victorian voices as part of the postmodern narrative, proving readers with an example of biographical novel/novelistic biography, where history and fiction merge.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
