Societies in Persian literature

Societies in Persian literature

An Intersexual Study of Film Adaptations and their Begotten Society: The Use of Creative Discourse in Hollywood and Bollywood Film Adaptations of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" Based on Linda Hutcheon's Theory

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Soghra Nodeh
Department of English language and literature, faculty of humanities and social sciences, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran
10.30488/sipl.2025.520864.1088
Abstract
While "fidelity discourse" in adaptation studies emphasizes the faithfulness of film adaptations to the source text, Linda Hutcheon stresses the use of creative discourse and the creativity of film adaptations in creating a new text in comparison to the source text. According to Hutcheon, the superiority of one adaptation over another lies in the creativity that leads to the creation of an intertextual relationship between the film and the source text. Therefore, Hutcheon's theory examines the ways in which film adaptations, by focusing on the problems of the society that produces the film adaptation, become a new and innovative text. Thus, the present study examines how two film adaptations of the novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen rewrite the past of the society depicted in Austen's novel based on the present culture of the society in which the film adaptations are made. To this end, a Bollywood adaptation of this novel directed by Gurinder Chadha and a Hollywood adaptation directed by Robert Leonard are scrutinized. The present study aims to analyze these adaptations from the perspective of Hutcheon's theory and to examine how these two film adaptations have confronted the source text and changed it in accordance with the problems of the society from which they arose. Based on the findings of this research, both adaptations have creatively established an intertextual relationship not only with the source text but also with the social, cultural, and economic environment of the society in which they were produced, and therefore have rewritten the source text by reflecting problems of their society
Keywords
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Linda Hutcheon's theory of adaptation
intertextuality relationship
Film adaptation and the begotten society

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