Petr Bubeníček

Subversive Adaptations (eBook, PDF)

Czech Literature on Screen behind the Iron Curtain

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319409610
• Artikelnr.: 53037134

Autorenporträt

Inhaltsangabe

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1. Introduction.- 2. Adaptation as Subterfuge: Silvery Wind.- 3. Adaptation as Play: The Worlds of Jules Verne Come Alive.- 4. Adaptation as Challenge: Marketa Lazarová and Romance for Bugle.- 5. Adaptation as a Reflection of the Zeitgeist.- 6. Epilogue.

Rezensionen

"Bubenícek's study is a remarkable historian's project, as his introduction focuses on offering a nuanced overview of social thought between 1948 and 1969. ... Bubenícek's entire volume is, indeed, structured this way. Its great merit lies in the broad, well-documented historical overview it proposes, combined with the masterly interpretation of both literary and cinematic techniques." (Maria Chiorean, Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory, Vol. 5 (1), July, 2019)
"Throughout this tour of post-war Czech cinema, Bubenícek is an urbane, perceptive, and exceptionally well-informed guide. He is a rewardingly subtle analyst of his country's political history, its literary and cinematic landmarks, and especially the visual and auditory texture of the films in which he takes such contagious delight. ... Bubenícek's expositions are as illuminating as they are thorough ... ." (Thomas Leitch, Adaptation, Vol. 11 (03), 2018)