ANDREA TUREKOVÁ – DANGEROUS LIAISONS 1782 – 2022 FROM CLASSICAL LITERATURE TO POPULAR LITERATURE?
Abstract: The novel Dangerous Liaisons (1782) by Choderlos de Laclos is one of the most famous and imitated novels in French literature. Since the middle of the 20th century, there have been numerous literary transcriptions, continuations, transpositions, as well as theatre and film adaptations. In 2022, the latest film adaptation from the French production was created under the unchanged title Dangerous Liaisons. This paper is dedicated to the novel adaptation based on the script of the film. The analysis is focused on the question of intertextual relations between the original novel and its transcription, on the level of narrative technique as well as on the thematic level, while noting the modernizing elements that, on the one hand, increase the appeal of the text for the contemporary reader, but on the other hand, move Laclos’ masterpiece towards to popular literature.
Keywords: 18th-century French novel, modern re-writing of literary texts, Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons in the 21th century.
pp. 46 – 52
Fulltext