A adaptação de nada ortodoxa: percurso da literatura para a linguagem televisiva

Abstract

This research analyses the adaptation of Deborah Feldman’s work, Unorthodox: the scandalous rejection of my hasidic roots (2020), for the Netflix miniseries Unorthodox (2020), directed by Maria Schrader. Feldman’s work is autobiographical, só it is a text that brings information about an extratextual reality, it is a subjective text, written in the first person. The main objectives of this dissertation are to carry out a comparative study and verify the language present in the corpus, analyzing the aesthetic and stylistic mechanisms to carry out the adaptation. Therefore, a qualitative analysis methodology of an interpretative nature is used, to understand the production processes of each work and the connections that constitute the adaptation process. To achieve the objectives, this research is supported by the concept of adaptation from the studies of Linda Hutcheon (2013). It aims to understand the processes related to intertextuality through the writings of Julia Kristeva (2005) and Gérard Genette (2006), regarding transtextuality relations. To support the study on intermediality, the reflections of Claus Clüver (2006) are used. It intends, therefore, to demonstrate that the transformation of the hypotext to the media points to aspects of divergence and similarities. This is because a writing adaptation involves transforming it só that it is suitable for other means of interaction. The discussions go through several theorists who demonstrate how aesthetic and stylistic resources were used for the production of the autobiography and the miniseries. It is reflected, therefore, in what sense, resources such as flashbacks, the soundtrack, noises, the close-up shot, among others, cause structural changes in writing, and may even give the adaptation the status of originality.