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Burlingame, Christopher J.

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Taming the Terrible?: Transgressive Novels, Adaptation, and the Illusion of Legitimacy.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Taming the Terrible?: Transgressive Novels, Adaptation, and the Illusion of Legitimacy./
Author:	Burlingame, Christopher J.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2020,
Description:	403 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-10, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International81-10A.
Subject:	American literature. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=27742309
ISBN:	9798607311537

Taming the Terrible?: Transgressive Novels, Adaptation, and the Illusion of Legitimacy.
Burlingame, Christopher J.

Taming the Terrible?: Transgressive Novels, Adaptation, and the Illusion of Legitimacy. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2020 - 403 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-10, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2020.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

This project challenges the role of fidelity to the anti-patriarchal capitalist messaging in the novel-to-film adaptations of late-20th and early-21st-century transgressive novels that are marketed to a mass audience. Although transgressive fiction, as a late-20th and early-21st century literary movement or categorization is, in itself, a problematic label, transgressive fiction seeks to actively combat and attack culturally-and socially-constructed hierarchies and behavioral norms regarding explicit depictions of sex, drug use, and violence. However, the act of adapting it and the question of whose work gets adapted reflects the very norms the source material seeks to transgress, further marginalizing already excluded or under-represented groups and perspectives. In particular, the works that are adapted by Hollywood and mass marketed for general audiences are predominately and disproportionately adapted by straight, white male directors and studio executives from the works of authors who present themselves, initially, as straight, white males (many of these authors have since come out as gay or bisexual), thereby re-affirming the hegemonic forces that the source materials suggest are responsible for necessitating transgression. Often during the adaptation process, the most transgressive elements of the source material are mitigated or eliminated altogether. Although strict fidelity, in terms of plotting and character, has become passe in adaptation theory, this project examines a kind of betrayal of intention where the forces of postmodernism and late capitalism subsume the legitimacy of transgression. While this betrayal of intention is evident in the majority of adaptations of the works of Bret Easton Ellis, Hubert Selby, Jr., Chuck Palahniuk and Irvine Welsh, I argue that social, political and cultural trends between 1996 and 2000 enable a golden age in which each author will have one film adaptation of their novels produced that maintains or enhances the anti-patriarchal capitalist intentions of that source material. These authors were selected on the basis of their work being consistently associated with transgressive fiction and having at least two novel-to-film adaptations of their work produced and distributed for consumption by a mass audience. During the golden age, the film adaptations employ a variety of filmic techniques, and innovations to those techniques, including voice over, cinematography, and sound editing to promote empathy for the characters, thereby re-affirming the anti-patriarchal capitalist messaging. Both prior to and after the golden age, the failure to preserve this messaging, and instead reflect the status quo against which the source material was transgressing, is evident in seemingly subtle changes to the plot and subplots as well as filmic techniques that divert attention away from anti-patriarchal capitalist messaging. This project is interdisciplinary and complicates the existing discourse around transgressive literature and its adaptations by considering both together. Furthermore, I am making an historical argument regarding the role hegemonic power structures, like the publishing and film industries, play in promoting narratives that preserve and consolidate power among society's power elites, especially under politically conservative presidential administrations. Finally, I acknowledge that the scandals of Donald Trump's presidential campaign and presidency portend the potential for a new, more inclusive golden age for adapting transgressive storytelling produced by previously marginalized groups while leaving the four authors, whose adaptations comprised the 1996 to 2000 golden age, on the outside looking in.

ISBN: 9798607311537Subjects--Topical Terms:

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American literature.
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Bret Easton Ellis

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