When the Adaptation Reveals the Original

Comparative Analysis of Series and National Ethos

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ID4375159
AuthorsYona Hanhart-Marmor (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume45
Issue3
Pages505-522
Publication date2024-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePoetics Today (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0333-5372 • E-ISSN: 1527-5507
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/03335372-11225505
OpenAlexW4402213124
LanguageEN
References cited17

This article compares the Israeli series BeTipul and its French adaptation En thérapie to show that while the changes that were made in the adaptation were minimal, analyzing them proves to be a powerful tool for understanding the national ethos of both Israeli and French societies. The anchoring of the French protagonists in the longue durée-through cultural references, evocation of the psychoanalytic tradition, and grounding in Jewish history-contrasts with the acute presentism that characterizes the Israeli version. The adaptation thus proves to be a gateway to understanding the culture that produced the original. In this way, this case study contributes to the study of the international circulation of television productions and to the analysis of the tension between international homogenization and local specificities

Ethos · Geography · Political science · Sociology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · History · Law · Psychology · Geology · Paleontology

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