Open AccessFanfic as adaptation: The Phantom of the Opera case
Author(s) -
Clarice Greco,
María Immacolata Vassallo de Lopes
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
comunicación y sociedad
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.28
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2448-9042
pISSN - 0188-252X
DOI - 10.32870/cys.v2020.7561
Subject(s) - opera , adaptation (eye) , imaging phantom , field (mathematics) , art , aesthetics , visual arts , psychology , physics , optics , mathematics , neuroscience , pure mathematics
This article discusses the theoretical borders that separate adaptations of literary texts (by professional writers) and the activities of fans, especially fanfictions of The Phantom of the Opera. The theoretical approach brings the notion of “transcreation” and authors from the field of fan studies. The results include the recognition of fanfictions as a type of literary adaptation, and the notion of The Phantom of the Opera as an archive or as “archontic literature”.