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Adaptations in the Age of Globalization

Publication date: 04.03.2013

Przekładaniec, Issues in English, Issue 22-23/2009-2010 – Translating Fairy Tales, pp. 177 - 193

https://doi.org/10.4467/16891864ePC.13.009.0863

Authors

Michał Borodo
Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, J. K. Chodkiewicza 30, 85-064 Bydgoszcz, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9634-7097 Orcid
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Adaptations in the Age of Globalization

Abstract

This article investigates the concept of adaptation in the context of globalization and points to the considerable potential of research into contemporary adaptations. It provides an overview of selected theoretical approaches to the adaptation of children’s literature as well as presents adaptation from a historical perspective. Furthermore, it focuses on selected Disney adaptations of Peter Pan published in Poland at the turn of the 21th century. Of special interest in these Disney adaptations are pictures: identical in different editions, although the accompanying texts differ widely. The visual is thus “recycled,” whereas the textual modifies the style, depiction of characters, use of tenses and culture specific items. The article also introduces the category of glocal adaptations, that is, Disney adaptations retold by Polish verbal masters, such as Jeremi Przybora or Jacek Kaczmarski. Though examples of cultural homogenization, these adaptations are partly indigenized by well-known local figures and may be viewed as glocal texts, where the global and the local overlap.
 

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Information: Przekładaniec, Issues in English, Issue 22-23/2009-2010 – Translating Fairy Tales, pp. 177 - 193

Article type: Original article

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Adaptations in the Age of Globalization

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Adaptations in the Age of Globalization

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9634-7097

Michał Borodo
Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, J. K. Chodkiewicza 30, 85-064 Bydgoszcz, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9634-7097 Orcid
All publications →

Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, J. K. Chodkiewicza 30, 85-064 Bydgoszcz, Poland

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