The verbal component in the adaptations of the Golden Age Spanish Literature to cinema and television: a study proposal

• Main Author: Rafael Malpartida Tirado
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 2018-11-01
• Series: Edad de Oro
• Online Access: https://revistas.uam.es/edadoro/article/view/10288

<p><strong>Abstract:</strong> This paper proposes an aspect that has been little explored in the studies on the adaptations of the Golden Age Spanish Literature to cinema and television: the verbal component. Through some significant examples of the narrative (El Buscon, Lazarillo de Tormes or Quijote) and the theater (El Alcalde de Zalamea and El perro del hortelano) adapted to the audiovisual medium, attention is drawn to the methodological problems represented by the fidelity criticism, and advocates, as an alternative, an analysis of the coherence and harmonious integration of linguistic elements coming from literary texts in films and television series. </p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> film adaptation, fidelity criticism, language of the Golden Age, dialogues.</p>