Consideraciones sobre literatura y cine. A propósito de una adaptación cinematográfica de Frankenstein, de Mary Shelley

Abstract

Este ensayo presenta un estudio sobre la adaptación cinematográfica de obras literarias. Para ello se analizarán los motivos que llevan a los directores a realizar dicha adaptación, y se expondrán tanto los medios que comparten la literatura y el cine, como aquellos en los que difieren. Asimismo, se realizará una comparación entre la novela de Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, o el moderno Prometeo, y la adaptación cinematográfica elaborada por el director Kenneth Branagh, Frankenstein de Mary Shelley. No es justo tratar las adaptaciones como elementos negativos sin tener en cuenta que ambas artes son diferentes, aunque compartan elementos.

This essay presents a study about the comparison between literature and its adaptation into cinema. For it, the reasons that lead directors to film this adaptation will be analysed, and the ways which share both literature and cinema, together with those which differ between both arts, will be exposed. Likewise, a comparison will be made between the novel Frankenstein, or the modern Prometheus, written by Mary Shelley, and its cinematographic adaptation Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, filmed by Kenneth Branagh. It is not fair to treat adaptations as negative elements without take into consideration that both arts are different, even though they share some aspects.