Creative Contamination
Jack Zipes conceptualizes the process of adaptation as contamination, a term used by folklorists to describe foreign augmentation to what appears to be a pure narrative tradition. Although this has traditionally had a negative connotation, Zipes (2001) posits that it has generative aspects as well....
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| Summary: | Jack Zipes conceptualizes the process of adaptation as contamination, a term used by folklorists to describe foreign augmentation to what appears to be a pure narrative tradition. Although this has traditionally had a negative connotation, Zipes (2001) posits that it has generative aspects as well. "Contamination can be an enrichment process; it can lead to the birth of something unique and genuine in its own right" (p.102). We see the process of contamination at work in adaptations. |
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| Item Description: | 10.15763/issn.2376-5275.2020.4.2.108-109 2376-5275 |