Work

Interfigurality

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This response explores the intermedial circulation of literary characters, examining how they gain cultural mobility through fragmentation, recontextualisation, and shifts in meaning. These characters appear across various media and contexts, often reduced to iconic traits (Pinocchio’s nose, Faust’s name) but retaining rich significance. They transcend their original narratives, becoming symbols in feminist discourse or commodity culture. Figures like Dracula and Robin Hood, or even historical personalities, are reimagined for commercial, political, or social purposes, demonstrating their dynamic and evolving roles in contemporary culture.

Source: Articulations

DOI: 10.60949/0rw8-p583

Author: Wojcik, Paula

Institution: University of Vienna

Language: English

Topic: Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Award: EXC 2020: Temporal Communities. Literatur als Praxis in globaler Perspektive