Border Crossing: Russian Literature into Film
Alexander Burry and Frederick White
Abstract
Each time a border is crossed there are cultural, political, and social issues to be considered. Applying the metaphor of the “border crossing” from one temporal or spatial territory into another, Border Crossing: Russian Literature into Film examines the way classic Russian texts have been altered to suit new cinematic environments. In these essays, international scholars examine how political and economic circumstances, from a shifting Soviet political landscape to the perceived demands of American and European markets, have played a crucial role in dictating how filmmakers transpose their c ... More
Each time a border is crossed there are cultural, political, and social issues to be considered. Applying the metaphor of the “border crossing” from one temporal or spatial territory into another, Border Crossing: Russian Literature into Film examines the way classic Russian texts have been altered to suit new cinematic environments. In these essays, international scholars examine how political and economic circumstances, from a shifting Soviet political landscape to the perceived demands of American and European markets, have played a crucial role in dictating how filmmakers transpose their cinematic hypertext into a new environment. Rather than focus on the degree of accuracy or fidelity with which these film adaptations address their originating texts, this collection explores the role of ideological, political, and other cultural pressures that can affect the transformation of literary narratives into cinematic offerings.
Keywords:
border crossing,
fidelity,
film adaptation,
hypertext,
Russian literature
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2016 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781474411424 |
| Published to Edinburgh Scholarship Online: January 2018 |
DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9781474411424.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Alexander Burry, editor
The Ohio State University
Frederick White, editor
Utah Valley University
More
Less
