Film Adaptation and the Real : Subjectivity and Cinematic Mediation

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

A psychoanalytic approach to screen adaptation that examines the role of deep-rooted desire evident in the persisting media practice of adaptation from literature to film.\nThe prevalence of adaptations in cinema \u2013 from literary texts \u2013 is striking. What does this lead us to think about adaptation? This open access book answers this question from a psychoanalytic perspective by exploring the psychic dynamics underlying screen adaptation as a practice, offering an intriguing window into the desire for adaptation beyond semiotic parameters and industrial factors. \nThrough a series of examples \u2013 from Hamlet and Hitchcock, to Kubrick\u2019s The Shining, and Jonze\u2019s Adaptation \u2013 the book theorizes film adaptations in relation to their originals. Drawing on the theories of Freud and Lacan, Hee-seung\n\nFilm Adaptation and the Real\nSubjectivity and Cinematic Mediation\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using R;