Place, Space, and the Affordances Thereof: Bly Manor as Depicted in Three Adaptations of The Turn of the Screw

IF 0.3 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Kristoffer S. Ekroll
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This paper looks at the representation of Bly Manor across different adaptations of Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw (1898). The focus is on adaptations that emphasize Bly as an intricate space that limits the possibilities of actions that the main characters have. The theory of affordance states that places “afford” different uses of the space. Locked inside a place with uneasily determined affordances and clearly established rules, the main characters of these adaptations experience how different intersections of identities are afforded differently within the stately home. The paper traces the intertextual conversation through adaptations such as Jack Clayton’s film The Innocents (1961), the readaptation of James’s premise in Ruth Ware’s novel The Turn of the Key (2019), before ending with the intertextual and temporal dimensions of haunted space in Mike Flanagan’s streaming miniseries The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020). These iterations of the story showcase the voyeuristic elements of Bly as the characters are repeatedly watched by those who have come before them. At the same time, they show the ongoing appeal of James’s story as its legacy continues into the twenty-first century.
地点、空间及其启示:《螺丝的转动》三部改编作品中描绘的布莱庄园
本文考察了亨利·詹姆斯的小说《螺丝钉的转动》(1898)的不同改编版本中布莱庄园的表现形式。改编的重点是强调布莱是一个复杂的空间,限制了主角行动的可能性。可得性理论指出,场所“可提供”空间的不同用途。被锁在一个有着不确定的功能和明确的规则的地方,这些改编的主角经历了如何在庄严的房子里提供不同的身份交集。本文通过杰克·克莱顿的电影《无辜的人》(1961年)、露丝·韦尔的小说《钥匙的旋转》(2019年)中詹姆斯的故事背景的重新改编等改编来追溯互文对话,最后以迈克·Flanagan的流媒体迷你剧《布莱庄园的幽灵》(2020年)中鬼魂空间的互文和时间维度作为结尾。故事的这些迭代展示了布莱的偷窥元素,因为这些角色被那些在他们之前出现的人反复观察。与此同时,它们显示出詹姆斯的故事在21世纪仍具有持续的吸引力。
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