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- Multi-Mediated Dostoevsky: Transposing Novels into Opera, Film, and Drama
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Northwestern University Press
- Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory
summary
Since their publication, the works of Dostoevsky have provided rich fodder for adaptations to opera, film, and drama. While Dostoevsky gave his blessing to the idea of adapting his work to other forms, he believed that "each art form corresponds to a series of poetic thoughts, so that one idea cannot be expressed in another non-corresponding form." In Multi-Mediated Dostoevsky, Alexander Burry argues that twentieth-century adaptations (which he calls "transpositions") of four of Dostoevsky’s works—Sergei Prokofiev’s opera The Gambler, Leos Janacek’s opera From the Dead House, Akira Kurosawa’s film The Idiot, and Adrzej Wajda’s drama The Devils—follow Dostoevsky’s precept by bringing to light underdeveloped or unappreciated aspects of Dostoevsky’s texts rather than by slavishly attempting to recreate their sources. Burry’s interdisciplinary approach gives his study broad appeal to scholars as well as to students of Russian, comparative literature, music, film, drama, and cultural studies.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- 1. Transposition as Criticism
- pp. 16-36
- 5. Restaging Two Sources: Wajda’s The Devils
- pp. 139-173
- Works Cited
- pp. 225-236
Additional Information
ISBN
9780810165014
Related ISBN(s)
9780810127159
MARC Record
OCLC
768346812
Pages
255
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2011