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Volume 9, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 1759-7137
  • E-ISSN: 1759-7145

Abstract

Abstract

Referring to the self-adapted screenplays of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, this article argues for a conceptualization of adaptation as a collaborative continuum. To do this I develop Kamilla Elliott’s ‘Incarnational Concept’ of adaptation and propose a reincarnational concept. Jhabvala adapted her novels The Householder ([1960] 2004) and Heat and Dust (1975) to screenplays as well as Three Continents (1987) and the short story ‘How I Became a Holy Mother’ (1976), although the latter two were unmade. Jhabvala’s self-adapted screenplays attempt to retain control of certain aspects of adaptation; however, her predominant approach is to encourage collaborative input from filmmakers and the rewriting of her stories. Therefore, these insights into Jhabvala’s open approach to self-adapting demonstrate screenwriting and adaptation as collaborative, continual processes befitting a model of reincarnation.

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2018-03-01
2025-02-10
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