Currie, Gregory Paul orcid.org/0000-0001-8364-997X and Zamir, Tzachi (2018) Macbeth, throne of Blood and the idea of a reflective adaptation. Journal of aesthetics and art criticism. pp. 297-308. ISSN 0021-8529
Abstract
Adaptations have varied relations to their source material, making it hard to formulate a general theory. Instead, we characterise a narrower, more unified class of reflective adaptations which communicate an active and sometimes critical relation to the source’s framework. We identify the features of reflective adaptations which give them their distinctive interest. We show how these features are embodied in Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood, an adaptation which responds creatively and with a radically shifted perspective on the relation between character and situation compared to its Shakespearean source. We identify some of the artAdaptations have varied relations to their source material, making it hard to formulate a general theory. Instead, we characterise a narrower, more unified class of reflective adaptations which communicate an active and sometimes critical relation to the source’s framework. We identify the features of reflective adaptations which give them their distinctive interest. We show how these features are embodied in Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood, an adaptation which responds creatively and with a radically shifted perspective on the relation between character and situation compared to its Shakespearean source. We identify some of the artistic choices through which this response to the source is conveyed, such choices being a characteristic feature of reflective adaptations.istic choices through which this response to the source is conveyed, such choices being a characteristic feature of reflective adaptations.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018, The American Society for Aesthetics. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
Keywords: | Adaptation, Macbeth, Throne of Blood, Kurosawa, Shakespeare |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Philosophy (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 14 Aug 2018 11:00 |
Last Modified: | 15 Mar 2025 00:07 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jaac.12562 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/jaac.12562 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:134563 |
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