A TRANSMEDIA NARRATION OF CIRCE THROUGH MADELINE MILLER’S ADAPTATION OF THE ANCIENT GODDESS

Abstract

Transmedia storytelling involves unfolding several narratives across differing platforms while each text makes a distinctive contribution to the creation of a unique grand narrative. According to Hen- ry Jenkins, one of the ways in which contemporary writers are using transmedia literature is by recreating old stories in a new way. Madeline Miller has challenged the dominant male perspective by re-writing an ancient myth through the female point of view and renegotiating the female pres- ence in literary history. Transmedia has allowed the writer to rewrite mythical history and partici- pate in the recreation of literary history. Through transmedia, the readers are no longer passive observers, but rather active participants involved in the creation of the literary world that in Circe’s case is an enhanced myth.