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Volume 20:10 October 2020
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An Appeal of Adaptation in Postmodern Age: A Brief Introduction to
Linda Hutcheon’s A Theory of Adaptation

Sumitra Dahiya, Ph.D. Scholar


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Abstract

Storytelling is the process of sharing ideas and teachings across cultures. Common themes can be spread through cultural traditions as showing (theatre, ?lm, television) and telling (novels, books, radio). These stories and lessons have been repeated again and again, yet at present, they have found a place in our culture. This adjustment becomes possible only because of the process of adaptation. Adaptation is not new; authors, artists, architects, playwrights, composers, choreographers, and designers have been adapting material since the beginning of civilizations. However, this does not mean this old practice is unable to provide new information to the modern generation. There occur some questions surrounding adaptations, how does an adaptation become topical in current circumstances? Which form is appropriate to adapt to literature? Are there some materials that are not adaptable? What is the need of adaptation? The purpose of this article is to throw light on the hidden corners of the book A Theory of Adaptation and summarise the content in brief to provide a reliable introduction of adaptation. I also want to examine the importance of adaptation, how it appeals to the new era and can make room in the digital world of entertainment.

Keywords: Linda Hutcheon, A Theory of Adaptation, Source text, fidelity, coding, decoding, transformation.

Introduction

Linda Hutcheon, an Emeritus University Professor, is working in the field of literary theory and criticism, opera, and Canadian studies. She is especially known for her influential theories of postmodernism. Hutcheon’s writings show a special interest in three aesthetic micro-practices as irony, parody, and adaptation. More than the other forms she discussed, Hutcheon sees irony as particularly significant to Canadian Identity. Some of her notable works are Irony’s Edge, A Theory of Parody, The Politics of Postmodernism, and A Theory of Adaptation.

Hutcheon coined the term “historio-graphic meta-fiction” in the late 1980s to describe those literary texts that assert an interpretation of the past but are also intensely self-reflexive. It explores three domains as fiction, history, and theory. The term historio-graphic meta-fiction combines the literary devices of meta-fiction with historical fiction. It is closely related to postmodern literature.

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Sumitra Dahiya, Ph.D. Scholar
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