《漫漫长路:影视中的王子与乞丐

IF 0.2 0 LITERATURE, AMERICAN

Mark Twain Annual Pub Date : 2018-09-20 DOI:10.5325/MARKTWAIJ.16.1.0155

Hugh H. Davis

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摘要:在其130年的历史中，《王子与乞丐》一直是马克·吐温最受欢迎的作品之一，但它经常被认为是一本儿童读物或简单的故事，这可能是通俗文化呈现叙事的结果。对这部小说的许多改编作品的调查显示了一个明显的收益递减的例子，一个接一个的版本越来越不符合克莱门斯最初的设想，情节也被简化为一个轮廓，在这个轮廓中，长相相似的人交换了位置，发现了另一边的草并不真的更绿的想法。更严肃的版本揭示了小说的社会主题，许多改编版本用简单的错误喜剧取代了成熟评论的潜力。回顾《王子与乞丐》在流行文化上的转变，可以发现这个故事的受欢迎程度，同时也显示出电影人重塑吐温叙事的倾向。

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Miles to Go: The Prince and the Pauper in Film and Television

Abstract:In its 130-year history, The Prince and the Pauper has held a legacy of being one of Mark Twain’s most-popular works, but it has often been dismissed as a children’s book or simplistic tale, a likely result of popular culture presentations of the narrative. A survey of the many adaptations of the novel reveals an apparent case of diminishing returns, with successive versions connecting less to Clemens’s original vision, and the plot reduced to an outline in which lookalikes switch places and discover some variation of the idea that the grass is not truly greener on the other side. Where more serious versions reveal the social themes of the novel, many adaptations replace the potential for mature commentary with a simplistic comedy of errors. A review of The Prince and the Pauper through its pop cultural transformations reveals the popularity of the story while also showing filmmakers’ tendencies to reshape Twain’s narrative.

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Mark Twain Annual LITERATURE, AMERICAN-

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0.40

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14.30%

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期刊介绍： The Mark Twain Annual publishes articles related to Mark Twain and those who surrounded him and serves as an outlet for new scholarship as well as new pedagogical approaches. It is the official publication of the Mark Twain Circle of America, an international association of people interested in the life and work of Mark Twain. The Circle encourages interest in Mark Twain and fosters the formal presentation of ideas about the author and his work, as well as the informal exchange of information among its members.