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Literature and Streaming Drama
Programme Type
Language
Venue
Podcast from Abu Dhabi - Hall 8
Date & Time
- 05 May 05:00 PM
Session Details
In this episode, we delve into the intricate relationship between literature and streaming platform dramas. How do novels transform into screenplays? Does the screen do justice to the literary text, or does it reshape it entirely? We explore examples of literary works adapted into dramas on platforms like Netflix and Shahid, and discuss how these adaptations influence the audience’s reception of the original text.
We also shed light on the shifting tastes of the general public under the dominance of digital drama, and the challenges authors face when their work is reinterpreted through visual storytelling. Are we witnessing a new wave of “screen literature”? What does literature gain from this relationship—and what might it lose?
Join us on an intellectual journey through word and image, where literary imagination intersects with the world of modern drama.
Speakers
Noura Naji
Noura Naji
