Stage Adaptations from Literary Texts as Intersemiotic Adaptation

Roman Jakobson's three-fold classification of translation is recognized as a turning point in studies. Though its legacy endures, the present day it becomes necessary to reconsider this due evolving definition text. The following attempts by later scholars his threefold taxonomy are significant demonstrate "Jakobson’s tripartition not sufficient for discerning cultural variety processes, although has provided conceptual basis" (Torop, 2008, p. 256). Given revisited versions, intersemiotic may necessarily be restricted verbal sign into non-verbal systems since binary opposition between and signs recently been problematized with multimedia forms. Although adaptations from literary works multimodal texts such film, music, opera, theater frequent, assess these activities within context might regarded relatively recent area study. Since type re-creation involves transformation single language system text created forms -light, stage design, choreography, actor/actress gestures, music- logic suggests different procedure. purpose article argue that can viewed translations process two-fold. adaptation book Deli Kadın Hikayeleri (Mad Woman Tales) Nok Tiyatro will used an example linguistic multimodality.