Recurring Elements of the Macbeth Mythos
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Universidad de Murcia
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ISSN: 1224-1768, 2734-7060
Año de publicación: 2011
Volumen: 22
Número: 1
Páginas: 49-56
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Analele Universităţii Ovidius din Constanţa. Seria Filologie
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Resumen
This article starts off from a distinction between an Aristotelian and a semiotic understanding of art to analyse the lines of continuity between a sourcetext and its adaptations. Thus, it contrasts Shakespeare’s Macbeth to Ángel-Luis Pujante’s Spanish translation of the play, to Welcome Msomi’s stage adaptation (uMabatha), and to two film adaptations by Akira Kurosawa (Kumonos jô) and Billy Morrissette (Scotland, PA), to examine the persistence of the mythos (or Aristotelian plot) in the adaptation process and question the extent to which the Shakespearean play is still available if the sourcetext is effaced. It explores the mechanisms of repetition/reproduction and difference/transformation of the adaptation process, and defends a relationship of cultural co-dependency between sourcetext and adaptation.