TY - JOUR
TI - Melodramatic adaptations of François Guillaume Ducray-Duminil’s novels
AU - Szkopiński, Łukasz
TI - Melodramatic adaptations of François Guillaume Ducray-Duminil’s novels
AB - 
	The aim of the present paper is to examine the relations between the novels, published by François Guillaume Ducray-Duminil (1761–1819), and their melodramatic adaptations, w ith a particular emphasis being set on the works of René-Charles Guilbert de Pixerécourt (1773–1844). After comparing fragments of the novels with certain extracts of the melodramas, the article focuses on the similarities between the two sets of texts as well as on Ducray-Duminil’s attitude towards the fact that countless playwrights used to draw on his works in order to create their melodramas. The paper concludes with a short analysis of reasons why Ducray-Duminil’s novels were so popular amongst the dramatic writers of his times. 
VL - Volume 18 (2018)
IS - Volume 18, Issue 4
PY - 2018
SN - 1732-8705
C1 - 2084-3917
SP - 217
EP - 226
DO - 10.4467/20843917RC.18.023.9595
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/romanica-cracoviensia/article/les-adaptations-melodramatiques-des-romans-de-francois-guillaume-ducray-duminil
KW - René-Charles Guilbert de Pixerécourt
KW - novel
KW - melodrama
KW - French literature
KW - François Guillaume Ducray-Duminil