Duas casas: A creative-critical commentary on Romeo and Juliet

Abstract

Adaptations created in pedagogical contexts are creative-critical commentaries which produce concepts about adaptational relations unavailable through the traditional academic works. The aim of this article is to describe and analyze the short film Duas Casas, a creative-critical commentary on Romeo and Juliet produced in pedagogical context. After presenting the production context and describing the fourteen-minute film, the article will analyze the short film’s cultural and social significance by approaching the discussion through Huang’s concept of cultural location. In conclusion, producing creative-critical commentaries legitimate readers to appropriate the text dealing with it as a living organism, persistently being revisited and recreated.

Keywords

• Adaptation
• Romeo and Juliet
• Cultural Location