The literary discourse of Blade Rnner: film as a literary collage

Authors

  • Décio Torres Cruz Universidade Federal da Bahia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-9511.tradterm.2007.48189

Keywords:

Film adaptation, literature/cinema, intersemiotic translation, Blade Runner.

Abstract

This paper discusses theoretical issues involving the relationship between film and literature from the early stages of this discussion. It also deals with the way not only literature borrows the discourse of cinema but also how cinema makes use of the literary discourse by means of mutual appropriation of techniques and through a translation process of different media. Scenes from Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner will be used to illustrate the argument developed in the paper, i.e., how this film translates the literary tradition of Dante, Blake and Milton, as well as Biblical excerpts.

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Published

2007-12-18

Issue

Section

Adaptação Fílmica

How to Cite

Cruz, D. T. (2007). The literary discourse of Blade Rnner: film as a literary collage. TradTerm, 13, 261-288. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-9511.tradterm.2007.48189