Indigenous Shakespeare: A Study Focusing on Kaliyattom, the Visual Translation of Othello
Keywords:
Othello, Intersemiotic Translation, Film adaptationAbstract
The concept of intersemiotic translation reveals a current and relevant area of discipline. It is a major focus of literary and film studies which couple these two relevant disciplines. The paper discusses how film adaptation becomes a mode of intersemiotic translation focusing on Kaliyattom, an adaptation of Othello, a Shakespearean play. It has been a point of discussion when it becomes a cross cultural communication. The story written in a context is re-written in another form and so it can be called as intersemiotic translation. Various aspects of Kaliyattom like theme, plot, medium, narration, symbols are analysed in the paper.
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