Against Adaptation? The Strange Case of (Pod) Poruchik Kizhe

Renfrew, Alastair

Against Adaptation? The Strange Case of (Pod) Poruchik Kizhe

Renfrew, Alastair

Authors

Professor Alastair Renfrew alastair.renfrew2@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

The extent of the Russian Formalists' engagement with cinema has been obscured by their association with theories of the specificity of literature and a uniquely `poetic language'. The problematic history of the film adaptation of Iurii Tynianov's story `Podporuchik Kizhe' provides a compelling basis upon which to approach his film work as writer and administrator, and to relate this to his theoretical writing. This contextual examination of the genesis of the film provides in turn a basis upon which to return to the broad question of the specificity of various art forms, and to question the value of the vogue for approaching film from the perspective of adaptation.

Citation

Renfrew, A. (2007). Against Adaptation? The Strange Case of (Pod) Poruchik Kizhe. Modern Language Review, 102(1), 157-176

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	2007-01
Deposit Date	Aug 29, 2008
Publicly Available Date	May 13, 2009
Journal	Modern Language Review
Print ISSN	0026-7937
Publisher	Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA)
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	102
Issue	1
Pages	157-176
Keywords	Russian Formalists; cinema; Iurii Tynianov's story `Podporuchik Kizhe'; genesis of the film; perspective of adaptation.
Publisher URL	http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mhra/mlr/2007/00000102/00000001/art00011