Remixing the Classics: Digital Adaptation and the Literary and Dramatic Canon

重新混合经典：数字改编以及文学和戏剧经典

• 批准号: AH/W003074/1
• 负责人: Erin Sullivan
• 金额: $ 3.08万
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FW003074%2F1
• 关键词: Remixing; Classics; Digital; Adaptation; Literary

What does the adaptation of literary and dramatic classics look like in an increasingly digital age? How might mixed and virtual realities, immersive and multimedia environments, videogames and creative applications of social media rewrite canonical texts in ways that are provocative and illuminating, but potentially also reductive or limiting? This research network seeks to understand how digital technologies that have emerged in recent decades are being used, or in the future might be used, to engage twenty-first-century audiences in the experience of classic literature and drama (while also creating new works of art in their own right). Through a series of online seminars and a final, hybrid workshop, network members will investigate a central research question: what do new digital technologies bring--artistically, pedagogically, politically--to the re-telling of old stories?In a 2005 essay for Wired, the novelist William Gibson argued that 'The remix is the very nature of the digital.' Taking existing works of art and turning them into something new is a hallmark of digital creativity, as we have clearly seen in the world of popular music. The fields of literature and drama have likewise experienced major shifts in creative practice as digital technologies have become widespread, with born-digital literary and theatrical works growing in number and influence in recent years. Within academia, a wide body of research into electronic literature and transmedia storytelling has now emerged, though it often focuses on new writing or the relationship between popular culture and its interactive fandoms. Studies of classic works and digital adaptation remain less common, and where they do exist they typically focus on a single author or text. The result has been a rich but at times fragmented field of study.This network will bring together academic, creative and educational practitioners interested in digital adaptations of classic literature and drama, and in doing so establish an interdisciplinary and cross-professional field that cuts across authors, periods and genres. Through a programme of digitally accessible, public events, members of the network will 1) demonstrate how different digital technologies including videogames and VR, social media and transmedia storytelling, and mixed reality experiences have been used to reimagine classical source material; 2) identify the artistic, political, reputational and financial factors that shape the creation and commissioning of digital reworkings of canonical texts; and 3) outline the benefits and challenges of using these adaptations when teaching literature, drama and literacy in the classroom. Network events will feature academic and industry speakers from a range of fields, including English, drama, classics, creative arts, education, publishing, libraries, theatre and cultural programming. Through interdisciplinary and cross-professional dialogue, members of the network will investigate digital adaptations from both practical and theoretical perspectives and identify what makes these works successful in different contexts (educational, cultural, academic, financial). The first five meetings (which will be available as captioned recordings following the live event) will explore the affordances of different technologies and the way they reach new audiences, while the final workshop will feature a work-in-progress presentation on the network's findings, a high profile plenary and roundtables with creative practitioners and educators.The network will culminate in the publication of an open-access special issue of Adaptation, the international journal of the Association of Adaptation Studies (published by OUP), analysing digital remixes as a collective and impactful body of work; two public-facing fact sheets outlining best practice for artists and educators working on digital adaptations; and a third fact sheet outlining best practice for online research exchange.

在日益数字化的时代，文学和戏剧经典的改编会是什么样子？混合和虚拟现实、沉浸式和多媒体环境、视频游戏和社交媒体的创造性应用如何以挑衅性和启发性的方式改写规范文本，但也可能减少或限制？该研究网络旨在了解近几十年来出现的数字技术如何被使用，或在未来可能被使用，以吸引21-世纪观众体验经典文学和戏剧（同时也创造新的艺术作品）。通过一系列在线研讨会和最后的混合研讨会，网络成员将调查一个中心研究问题：新的数字技术在艺术上、教育上、政治上给重述旧故事带来了什么？小说家威廉·吉布森（William Gibson）在2005年为《连线》（Wired）杂志撰写的一篇文章中指出，"混音是数字化的本质。“将现有的艺术作品转化为新的东西是数字创造力的标志，正如我们在流行音乐领域所看到的那样。随着数字技术的普及，文学和戏剧领域的创作实践也发生了重大变化，近年来数字化文学和戏剧作品的数量和影响力不断增加。在学术界，对电子文学和跨媒体叙事的广泛研究已经出现，尽管它通常集中在新的写作或流行文化与其互动同人圈之间的关系上。对经典作品和数字改编的研究仍然不太常见，即使存在，也通常集中在单个作者或文本上。该网络将汇集对经典文学和戏剧数字化改编感兴趣的学术、创意和教育从业者，并在此过程中建立一个跨作者、跨时期和跨流派的跨学科和跨专业领域。通过数字化访问的公共活动计划，网络成员将1）展示如何使用不同的数字技术，包括视频游戏和VR，社交媒体和跨媒体讲故事，以及混合现实体验来重新构想经典源材料; 2）确定艺术，政治，声誉和财务因素，这些因素塑造了经典文本的数字化改造的创作和委托;以及3）概述在课堂上教授文学、戏剧和识字时使用这些改编的好处和挑战。网络活动将邀请来自英语、戏剧、经典、创意艺术、教育、出版、图书馆、戏剧和文化节目等一系列领域的学术和行业演讲者。通过跨学科和跨专业的对话，该网络的成员将从实践和理论的角度研究数字改编，并确定是什么使这些作品在不同的背景下（教育，文化，学术，金融）取得成功。前五次会议（将在现场活动后提供带字幕的录音）将探讨不同技术的可供性及其接触新受众的方式，而最后一次研讨会将介绍该网络的研究结果，一个高姿态的全体会议和圆桌会议与创造性的从业者和教育工作者。该网络将最终在一个开放的出版物-访问适应研究协会的国际期刊《适应》特刊（由牛津大学出版社出版），分析数字混音作为集体和有影响力的作品;两份面向公众的情况说明书，概述了艺术家和教育工作者在数字改编方面的最佳实践;第三份情况说明书概述了在线研究交流的最佳实践。

项目成果

Introduction: Remixing the Classics

简介：重新混音经典

• DOI: 10.1093/adaptation/apad020
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Adaptation
• 作者: Sullivan E