Del papel al celuloide: la adaptación cinematográfica de la novela Las tres ratas, de Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco

In this essay the author analyzes the way in which the novel Las tres ratas was adapted for screen in 1946; it describes the aspects of the two narratives (literary and film), to determine which elements in the novel were kept in the argentine version, and which were changed or left out. It maintain...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Schlenker, Alex
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Repositorio:Revista Andina de Letras y Estudios Culturales
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/739
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/kipus/article/view/739
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Narrativa fílmica
narrativa literaria
niveles discursivos
novela ecuatoriana
Historia del Ecuador
Revolución liberal
personaje
trama
Film Fiction
Literary Fiction
discussion levels
Ecuadorian novel
History of Ecuador
Liberal Revolution
character
plot
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Sumario:In this essay the author analyzes the way in which the novel Las tres ratas was adapted for screen in 1946; it describes the aspects of the two narratives (literary and film), to determine which elements in the novel were kept in the argentine version, and which were changed or left out. It maintains that the film was a faBure in attempting to reconstruct the essence of the novel, principally because it omits a second level of discussion in the novel (approximating the fall of liberalism in Ecuador); additionally, it changes the substance of various characters (the older sister, Ana Luisa's boytriend, or Don Horacio the usurer), whose traits are important as they add to the conflict, tone, and historical environment; finally, the adaptation fails to recreate the atmosphere of failure of the liberal political project, placing the story in a melo-dramatic key.