Title
A survey of the ‘new’ discipline of adaptation studies : between translation and interculturalism
Document Type
Book chapter
Source Publication
Chinese Translation Studies in the 21st Century: Current Trends and Emerging Perspectives
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Date
5-2017
First Page
11
Last Page
18
Publisher
Routledge
Keywords
adaptation, interculturalism, assimiliation, intersemiotic, intermedial
Abstract
Literary scholars and historians have long noted a strong tendency in all human societies to rewrite original texts, ending in the production of adaptations that are only loosely connected to their sources. In our age, however, attention has also been drawn to the way these adaptations serve as carriers of cultural subjects and formations that are transmitted through various media, verbal (literary) as well as visual (filmic). Reviewing the research of the past several decades, one might say the study of adaptation as a means whereby cultures cross national and linguistic boundaries has flourished through the work done by scholars of film adaptations, intercultural theatre and children's literature. However, for some time translation theorists have actually been exploring the theoretical underpinnings of adaptations while providing the methodological tools for close textual investigation. On the other hand, adaptations are also a key area of inquiry for researchers in intercultural studies, which focuses on the interactive relationship between elements belonging to two cultures. Adaptation is, in effect, a translational as well as intercultural mode.
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2017 Taylor & Francis.
Additional Information
ISBN of the source publication: 9781138714960
This chapters in this book were originally published in Perspectives: Studies in Translatology, volume 20, issue 4 (December 2012) pp. 411–418.
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Chan, T.-h. L. (2017). A survey of the ‘new’ discipline of adaptation studies: between translation and interculturalism. In R. A. Valdeón (Ed.), Chinese Translation Studies in the 21st Century: Current Trends and Emerging Perspectives (pp. 11-18). New York: Routledge.
