Writing about Film Adaptation: Film Adaptation in Indonesian Media Discourse, 1927 - 2011

Keywords

discourse, film adaptation, Indonesian cinema, media

Abstract

This article examines how the practice of film adaptation, primarily the adaptation of novels into film, has been discussed in Indonesian media discourse since the first occurrences of the practice. As such, it applies a library research approach to review a range of literature related to adaptation produced between 1927 and 2011, including newspaper reviews, magazine reviews, newspaper articles, magazine articles, and academic articles. It finds that the practice of adapting novels to film has been recognised in reviews since at least the 1920s, but only in the 1950s did broader discourse emerge. Greater recognition, including in academia, emerged in the 1970s as the practice of adaptation became common in Indonesian cinema. Discussions of adaptation have tended to reflect dominant cultural ideologies and been undertaken from a literary perspective. However, there are signs that adaptation studies as a field may emerge in the near future.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Christopher A. Woodrich
PY  - 2018/11
DA  - 2018/11
TI  - Writing about Film Adaptation: Film Adaptation in Indonesian Media Discourse, 1927 - 2011
BT  - Proceedings of the International Seminar on Recent Language, Literature, and Local Cultural Studies (BASA 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1
EP  - 9
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/25906058
ID  - Woodrich2018/11
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