REMAKE AND ADAPTATION. FILM REWORKINGS NETWORK
In the first part of this paper, I juxtapose film practices such as remakes and adaptations in their dual quality of processes and products. I trace the origin and meanings of the first concept, its appearance and de- velopment as a cinemstic activity and its theoretical elaboration through studies of G. Sadoul, T. Gunning, T. Leitch, C. Verevis, J. Forrest, A. Williams et al. I highlight conceptually and with examples the difference between the two phenomena and defend the need to distinguish them, regardless of their similarities. In the second part, I discuss the network of related formats for reworking film products and their role in popular culture. Keyword
REMAKE AND ADAPTATION. FILM REWORKINGS NETWORK
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Оgnyan Kovachev, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
- [email protected]
- Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
- Bulgaria
Ognyan Kovachev, born in 1961 in Varna, is an Associate Professor, PhD, in Classical and Western European Literature at the Department of Literary Theory, as well as founder and co-director of the Master's program "Literature, Cinema and Visual Culture" in the Faculty of Slavic Studies at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". He completed a research specialization at Christ Church, Oxford (2007), was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar and Researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (2011), and served as a Lecturer in Bulgarian Language, Literature and Culture at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), University College London (2009–2013). He has also taught at the Institute for Qualification and In-Service Teacher Training "Dr. Peter Beron" in Varna, Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen, New Bulgarian University, and South-West University "Neofit Rilski".
Primary Research Areas:
Comparative literary history, Gothic studies, film studies, literature and cinema, literary canon, translation theory, and the legacy of Petar Uvaliev.
Key Publications & Editorial Work:
Author of over one hundred academic publications
Author of the monographs "The Gothic Novel: Genealogy, Genre, Aesthetics" (2004) and "Literature and Identity: Transformations of Otherness" (2005)
Editor and compiler of Edmund Burke's "A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" (Bulgarian edition, 2001)
Editor and compiler of "Reading in the Age of Media, Computers, and the Internet: Proceedings of the International Conference in Honor of Prof. Wolfgang Iser" (2003)
Editor and compiler of "Identities. Reflections. Games: Jubilee Volume in Honor of Prof. Simeon Hadzhikosev, D.Sc." (2004)
Editor and compiler of Petar Uvaliev's "Five Minutes with Petar Uvaliev: Radio Talks", Parts I & II (2015, 2020)
Professional Memberships:
Member of the International Gothic Association, the Association of Adaptation Studies, and the Academic Circle for Comparative Literature (ACCL).
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Abstract:In the first part of this paper, I juxtapose film practices such as remakes and adaptations in their dual quality of processes and products. I trace the origin and meanings of the first concept, its appearance and de- velopment as a cinemstic activity and its theoretical elaboration through studies of G. Sadoul, T. Gunning, T. Leitch, C. Verevis, J. Forrest, A. Williams et al. I highlight conceptually and with examples the difference between the two phenomena and defend the need to distinguish them, regardless of their similarities. In the second part, I discuss the network of related formats for reworking film products and their role in popular culture. Keyword
Keywords: remake adaptation Thomas Leitch film series sequel
