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Design in ‘The Gas Heart’

The Gas Heart is, out of the modernist plays I have studied, the one that has the most variety in production design. With characters named after body parts but with no actual advice within the text as to how these characters should be costumed and performed, there is a huge variety in design choices betweenContinue reading “Design in ‘The Gas Heart’”

Jean Rhys and Dehumanising Women in ‘Mannequin’

Jean Rhys shares a theme with Bruno Schulz in the inclusion of mannequins in their short stories, however Schulz and Rhys’ views on the mannequins are very different. As the first female writer I am discussing on this blog, Rhys has a valuable viewpoint in the gender politics of assigning beings to the status ofContinue reading “Jean Rhys and Dehumanising Women in ‘Mannequin’”

Bruno Schulz, Tree of Codes, and Translation: A Story in Someone Else’s Words

Tree of Codes is a die-cut book that crafted a new story from the story of Bruno Schulz. In physical print, the book is literally full of holes. Each word Safran Foer cut away from Schulz’s The Street of Crocodiles book has left a rectangular hole in the page, through which you can see whatContinue reading “Bruno Schulz, Tree of Codes, and Translation: A Story in Someone Else’s Words”

Ubu, Puppetry, and Parody

The main difference between Alfred Jarry’s King Ubu and the other modernist plays featured in this blog, Jarry had a set idea for the design and this has largely been stuck to throughout various productions of the play and adaptations into other forms. Jarry’s design for Pa Ubu as a fat, extremely round man inContinue reading “Ubu, Puppetry, and Parody”

Bruno Schulz’ ‘The Street of Crocodiles’ and the Brothers Quay’s ‘Street of Crocodiles’

The Brothers Quay’s Street of Crocodiles does not so much follow the narrative of Schulz’ story but instead takes the feel of the place and creates their own. A stop motion animation featuring no dialogue and an instrumental soundtrack, the Brothers Quay’s film loosely takes the idea presented by Schulz and turns it into aContinue reading “Bruno Schulz’ ‘The Street of Crocodiles’ and the Brothers Quay’s ‘Street of Crocodiles’”

Introduction

This blog is all about adaptations and representations in modernist literature. It is not just about the literal adaptations: versions of stage plays or book to film, but also about the forms shifting and adapting to their environment within the literature and how they are represented and their changing natures, such as the rejection ofContinue reading “Introduction”