Film Adaptations of Russian Classics : : Dialogism and Authorship / / ed. by Alexandra Smith, Olga Sobolev.
Discusses film adaptations of Russian classics since the 1960sIntroduces the notion of a literary-cinematic space – a modern-day cultural phenomenon, characterised by a synergetic (rather than hierarchical) relationship between its componentsTraces the development of this synergy in the art of cinem...
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| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: On the Text–Film Relationship – The Question of Apt and Inapt Adaptations
- Part I. Goncharov and Turgenev: Adaptation as Nostalgia
- 1. The Politics of Nostalgia: Ivan Goncharov’s Oblomov and Nikita Mikhalkov’s Film Adaptation
- 2. Adapting Turgenev’s Novel as a Pastorale: Avdotya Smirnova’s Fathers and Sons
- Part II. Reimagining Dostoevsky
- 3. Dostoevsky and Bresson: From ‘A Meek Creature’ to Une femme douce
- 4. Funny and Frightening: Dostoyevsky’s The Double in Richard Ayoade’s Interpretation
- Part III. Collaborating with Chekhov
- 5. ‘The Paths I Have Established . . .’: Chekhov on the Russian and American Screen
- 6. Louis Malle and Uncle Vanya
- 7. Reinventing Chekhov for the American Screen: Michael Mayer’s The Seagull
- Part IV. Engaging with Tolstoy
- 8. Thanatophobia on the Soviet Screen: Tolstoy’s Death of Ivan Il′ích and Aleksandr Kaidanovsky’s A Simple Death
- 9. Forged Network Narratives: Tolstoy’s The Forged Coupon and a Cycle of Adaptations in World Cinema
- 10. War and Peace: A New Visual Dimension
- Index