A STUDY ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF ADAPTATIONS TO FANTASTIC FILM AND TV SERIES SCENARIOS BASED ON JANE AUSTEN’S CLASSIC PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Abstract

In this study, film and TV series adaptations and reworks of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice will be examined in terms of fantastic effects that lead to marvelous elements they include for creating a new taste for the modern audience. Pride and Prejudice 2005 movie will be utilized as a conveyance of the novel to the movie screen in order to reflect a direct adaptation. For demonstrating fantastic examples of the scenarios, a TV series in 2008 Lost in Austen and the 2016 movie version of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies will be analyzed. Background information of the thesis will be provided in two ways: Todorov’s fantastic literature and Linda Hutcheon’s adaptation theory, a novel to film. Todorov’s fantastic genre description will shed light on the adaptations whether they pose characteristics of fantastic literature and film. Adaptation theory will be analyzed under three categories throughout the adaptations: fantastic elements transferring to film, postmodern elements in the reworks, and positions of women. In addition to this, as a consequence of consumerist society, adaptations will be interrogated if they contribute to the popularity and recognition of Jane Austen in a new world order by adding new elements to the canonical novel in the scenarios of fantastic films.