Diarmuid Lawrence’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma: expressive montage, class distinctions and irony
Keywords:
adaptação fílmica, ironia, montagem, distinções de classe socialAbstract
The purpose of this essay is to discuss Diarmuid Lawrence’s 1996-ITV/A&E adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma focusing on the creation of irony and the relations established between irony and social class distinctions. The analysis is enlarged through a comparison with Douglas McGrath’s adaptation (also 1996) of the novel, one which illustrates a romantic and superficial portrayal of Austen’s universe. Lawrence’s version, conversely, is aware of the tensions characteristic of Austen’s world, thus being more successful in the reconstruction of Austen’s ironies, even when creating and adding scenes different from those in the novel Emma.
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