“Brugge the dead” by Georges Rodenbach. From photo-novel to the cinematic adaptation
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2022-6-140-148
Abstract
The article analyzes the transformation of the literary text, which has a visual (photographic) component, into the material of film adaptation on the example of Georges Rodenbach’s novel “The Dead [City] of Bruges”, designated as a “photo-narrative” or “photo-novel”, and Roland Verhavert’s film “Brugge-die-Stille”. The intermedial transition involves three main elements: plot (narrative motifs), principles of the space organization (descriptive motifs) and the color symbolism (semantic motifs).
About the Author
M. А. Kozlova
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marina A. Kozlova, postgraduate student
bld. 6, Miusskaya Square, Moscow, 125047
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Kozlova M.А. “Brugge the dead” by Georges Rodenbach. From photo-novel to the cinematic adaptation. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2022;(6):140-148. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2022-6-140-148
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