Duas casas: A creative-critical commentary on Romeo and Juliet
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2019v72n1p235Abstract
Adaptations created in pedagogical contexts are creative-critical commentaries which produce concepts about adaptational relations unavailable through the traditional academic works. The aim of this article is to describe and analyze the short film Duas Casas, a creative-critical commentary on Romeo and Juliet produced in pedagogical context. After presenting the production context and describing the fourteen-minute film, the article will analyze the short film’s cultural and social significance by approaching the discussion through Huang’s concept of cultural location. In conclusion, producing creative-critical commentaries legitimate readers to appropriate the text dealing with it as a living organism, persistently being revisited and recreated.
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