Abstract
AbstractThomas Hardy's novels have been translated into Western film culture now for a century, and, most recently, a welcome filmic consideration of Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891) is provided in Trishna (2010). Written and directed by Michael Winterbottom, the film is an adaptation of the tragic tale of Tess d'Urberville from Wessex into the equally difficult life of Trishna from Rajasthan, India. This article considers how Hardy's tale translates into a different, 21st century country, and how the portrait of Winterbottom's heroine and the contextual complexities found in the filmic narrative maintain – in spite of changes in place, space and character(s) – the integrity of Hardy's original novel.
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