The adaptation of Homeland from screen to page: challenges of two novelizations based on the television series
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34624/rual.v0i10.28162Keywords:
Adaptation studies, American literature, Novelization, Homeland, Andrew KaplanAbstract
This study aims at discussing how Andrew Kaplan’s novelizations Homeland: Carrie’s Run (2013), and Homeland: Saul’s Game (2014) verbally construct a transmedia storytelling (Jenkins, 2006) process between literature and the Showtime television series Homeland (2011‑2020).
The analysis, thus, centers on how both tie‑in books operate diegetic, narratological, and psychological transformations (Baetens, 2018) on the preexisting material of the show. The discussion seems to suggest that, rather than reworking the TV script, Kaplan’s novelizations use image as the generator to invent new characters, to expand the diegetic universe, to create extensive backstories, and to provide new insights into the characters’ thought processes. The study provides some grounds to support the contention that Kaplan’s critical novelization practices involve a relatively greater deal of creativity, selection, reformulation, interpretation, and co‑authorship than most similar titles of this popular literary genre.
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