What if a girl in the Holocaust had Instagram? Éva’s Story as a case of indirect translation

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ID21789298
AutoresAyelet Kohn (0000-0002-0871-4492, David Yellin College of Education), Rachel Weissbrod (0000-0003-0112-4913, Bar-Ilan University)
Ano2020
Volume13
Fascículo3
Páginas285-303
Data de publicação2020-12-01
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Adaptation in Film & Performance (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1753-6421 • E-ISSN: 1753-643X
EditoraIntellect (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1386/jafp_00032_1
OpenAlexW3131483504
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas5

This article deals with the adaptation of a written text – the diary of 13-year-old Éva Heyman who died in the Holocaust – into a series of Instagram stories, joined to create a 50-minute film. We employ translation studies and the concept of ‘indirect translation’ to investigate this unique case in which a genre characterized by its ephemerality is used to commemorate and perpetuate the past. The project, which caused a furore because Instagram was considered inappropriate for dealing with such a grave subject, was motivated by the desire to transmit the diary to contemporary audiences and retain its relevance for them. We have found that the diary served as a general framework, but its contents and the character of Éva that emerges from it were overshadowed by two factors: turning Éva into a contemporary youngster, so as to attract today’s youth; and relying on Hollywood traditions of filming the Second World War and the Holocaust

Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Girl · Hollywood · Literature · Political science · Sociology · The Holocaust · Theology · Visual arts · Computer Science · Digital Storytelling and Education · History · Law · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology · Translation Studies and Practices

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