Demoniczna transcendencja. Motyw faustowski w „Lśnieniu” Stanleya Kubricka
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2013
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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Demonic transcendence. The Faustian motif in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining
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The interrelationship between literature and cinema is usually reduced merely to the connection
between a book and its screen adaptation. Thus, a great many of the viewers of Stanley Kubrick’s
The Shining would analyze its relation and fidelity to Stephen King’s novel. The reasoning presented
in this essay stands in opposition to this tendency because various minor details of a movie
may refer to other literary texts as well. In addition, a link to other works of art is often more meaningful
and relevant than a reference to a book which was the basis of an adaptation. Therefore, it
can be demonstrated that Kubrick alludes to Johann Wolfgang’s Faust in a variety of ways in The
Shining. The comparison of the movie’s protagonist with the eponymous character of the play
makes it easier to comprehend the cinematic character’s complex personality. This explains the
content of The Shining even though the plot is based upon another literary text.
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Przestrzenie Teorii, 2013, nr 19, s. 153-170
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978-83-232-2600-0
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1644-6763