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Adaptation as Emancipation: Semantic Decoding of the Female Protagonist in Kenneth Branagh’s Film Adaptation of Mary Shelley's Novel "Frankenstein"
In: Adaptation: Theory, Criticism and Pedagogy / Matek, Ljubica; Uvanović, Željko (Ed.). Aachen: Shaker Verlag, 2018. pp. 79-98. https://doi.org/10.2370/9783844050622
Matek, Ljubica; Pataki, Jelena

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Matek, Lj. & Pataki, J. (2018). Adaptation as Emancipation: Semantic Decoding of the Female Protagonist in Kenneth Branagh’s Film Adaptation of Mary Shelley's Novel "Frankenstein". In Lj. Matek, (Ed.), Ž. Uvanović, (Ed.), Adaptation: Theory, Criticism and Pedagogy (pp. 79-98). Aachen: Shaker Verlag. doi: 10.2370/9783844050622

Matek, Ljubica and Jelena Pataki. "Adaptation as Emancipation: Semantic Decoding of the Female Protagonist in Kenneth Branagh’s Film Adaptation of Mary Shelley's Novel "Frankenstein"." Adaptation: Theory, Criticism and Pedagogy, edited by Ljubica Matek, edited by Željko Uvanović, Shaker Verlag, 2018, pp. 79-98. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:468884

Matek, Ljubica and Jelena Pataki. "Adaptation as Emancipation: Semantic Decoding of the Female Protagonist in Kenneth Branagh’s Film Adaptation of Mary Shelley's Novel "Frankenstein"." In Adaptation: Theory, Criticism and Pedagogy, edited by Ljubica Matek, edited by Željko Uvanović, 79-98. Aachen: Shaker Verlag, 2018. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:468884

Matek, Lj. and Pataki, J. (2018) 'Adaptation as Emancipation: Semantic Decoding of the Female Protagonist in Kenneth Branagh’s Film Adaptation of Mary Shelley's Novel "Frankenstein"' in Matek, Lj. (ed.), Uvanović, Ž. (ed.) Adaptation: Theory, Criticism and Pedagogy Aachen: Shaker Verlag, pp. 79-98. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:468884 (Accessed 24 April 2024)

Matek Lj, Pataki J. Adaptation as Emancipation: Semantic Decoding of the Female Protagonist in Kenneth Branagh’s Film Adaptation of Mary Shelley's Novel "Frankenstein". In: Lj. Matek, ed., Ž. Uvanović, ed. Adaptation: Theory, Criticism and Pedagogy. Aachen: Shaker Verlag; 2018. Pp. 79-98. [cited 2024 April 24] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:468884

Lj. Matek and J. Pataki, "Adaptation as Emancipation: Semantic Decoding of the Female Protagonist in Kenneth Branagh’s Film Adaptation of Mary Shelley's Novel "Frankenstein"", Adaptation: Theory, Criticism and Pedagogy, Lj. Matek and Ž. Uvanović, Eds. Aachen: Shaker Verlag, 2018, pp. 79-98. [Online] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:468884

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Title (english)Adaptation as Emancipation: Semantic Decoding of the Female Protagonist in Kenneth Branagh’s Film Adaptation of Mary Shelley's Novel "Frankenstein"
AuthorLjubica Matek
AuthorJelena Pataki
EditorLjubica Matek
EditorŽeljko Uvanović
Author's institutionJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Theory and History of Literature
Abstract (english)
Based on the case study of Kenneth Branagh’s film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein", the article represents an intervention in discourses of adaptation as literary criticism, highlighting different ways in which adaptations can critique literary texts, emancipating themselves from the suggested authority of the novel(s) by broadening the interpretative possibilities through the critical appraisal of historical and contextual circumstances of the source text. Namely, Mary Shelley’s novel is abundant with women who embody the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries female social position in that they are devoid of the right to speak and decide for themselves on any matter besides the “trivial,” emotional ones. However, Shelley’s representation is far from condoning the state that her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, calls the “state of perpetual childhood;” rather, it is to be read as a severe criticism thereof. Consequently, although Branagh’s adaptation, more specifically his emancipation of Elizabeth’s character, is often viewed as a significant departure from Shelley’s text, the aim is to show that Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein" closely follows the undercurrents of the novel and in fact emphasizes – due to the improved social status of women in the twentieth century – Elizabeth’s independence that was present ever so subtly in the literary text.
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Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Chapter in Book
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review - international
Publication versionAccepted version
Book titleAdaptation: Theory, Criticism and Pedagogy
Series titleContributions to Literature-on-Screen Studies and other Adaptation Studies
Numberingpp. 79-98
ISBN978-3-8440-5062-2
p-ISSN2367-041X
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2370/9783844050622
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:468884
Publication2018
Type of resourceText
PublisherShaker Verlag
Publishing placeAachen
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