Davies, R. (2018) Space and Place in Alejandro Galindo’s 1950 Film Adaptation of Benito Pérez Galdós’s Doña Perfecta (1876). Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 95 (4). pp. 417-434. ISSN 1475-3839
Abstract
In his 1950 film adaptation of Galdós’s 1876 novel Doña Perfecta the Mexican director Alejandro Galindo transferred the action from the imaginary Spanish city of Orbajosa to Santa Fe in Mexico. To date critics have focussed largely upon assessing the ‘Mexicanism’ of the film, coming to the conclusion that the film, like the novel, is an overblown melodrama. This article will now pay close attention to the artistic qualities of the film, specifically its use of space and place, and will seek to demonstrate how Galindo, responding as a reader of Galdós’s novel, produces a work that not only invites new ways of reading Doña Perfecta but also highlights its timelessness and universality.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Liverpool University Press. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Bulletin of Hispanic Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of Languages and Cultures (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 28 Sep 2016 13:40 |
Last Modified: | 13 Apr 2020 00:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.3828/bhs.2018.24 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Liverpool University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3828/bhs.2018.24 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:105041 |