Signo (Jan 2018)

L'étranger and the mediatic transposition Killing an Arab

  • Victória Elizabeth dos Santos,
  • Ana Luiza Ramazzina Ghirardi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17058/signo.v43i76.10676
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 43, no. 76
pp. 33 – 45

Abstract

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The article aims at analyzing mediact transposition of Albert Camus’ novel L’étranger (1942) into the song Killing an Arab (1978) by the British band The Cure. Excerpts from the song and the novel were discussed having as historical background the context for the production of both works and as theoretical framework the studies on intertextuality by Koch (2012) and Marcuschi (2008). Gaudreault (2008), Clüver (2007), Rajewski (2012) and Genette (2006) were the basis for the discussions on transmodalization and intermediality. Silva (2013) was the reference for the direct analysis and contrast of the excerpts..

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