Open AccessCreative Contamination
Author(s) -
The Editors
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
study and scrutiny
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2376-5275
DOI - 10.15763/issn.2376-5275.2020.4.1.119-120
Subject(s) - narrative , contamination , adaptation (eye) , process (computing) , connotation , sociology , psychology , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , ecology , biology , neuroscience , operating system
Jack Zipes conceptualizes the process of adaptation as contamination, a term used by folklorists to describe foreign augmentation to what appears to be a pure narrative tradition. Although this has traditionally had a negative connotation, Zipes (2001) posits that it has generative aspects as well. “Contamination can be an enrichment process; it can lead to the birth of something unique and genuine in its own right” (p.102). We see the process of contamination at work in adaptations.
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