| dc.description.abstract | This research is an analysis of the adaptation work Bridge to Terabithia
by Gábor Csupó (2007), which is an adapted work from the novel by Katherine
Paterson (1977). This research uses Hutcheon's adaptation theory to find changes
in intrinsic elements and ideology that lead to the motives behind the adaptation
work. Barthes' semiotics is the theory used to reveal ideology in the novel and
movie. After this ideology was revealed, Hutcheon's adaptation theory was used
to determine the adapter's motives in making the movie adaptation.
This research belongs to qualitative research whose primary data are
taken from the novel and movie. Data from the novel are in the form of
quotations, conversations and narratives expressed through characters,
characterization, and plot. The data in the movie are in the form of several
screenshots of scenes through transformation, character, characterization and
plot. Secondary data in this research also needed to strengthen all arguments so
that this research is valid. Secondary data are taken from books, journal articles,
thesis and other references related to the topic.
There are two goals in this research that are set to reach. The first one is
to find the transformation in Paterson's Bridge and the movie by Csupo. The
second is to find motives beyond adaptation. The comparative method is used to
compare and determine the transformation between written text and audio visual. After the transformation is discovered, Barthes' semiotics is used to find
ideology, namely by reading the signs in the data, both data in the novel and
movie. After reading the signs on the data, the data are correlated with the
contextual background of the problem and become a way out to find the motives
behind the adaptation using Hutcheon's adaptation theory.
The result of this research found the shift of ideology in the adaptation
work. The ideology found in the novel is hegemonic masculinity, meanwhile, in
the movie the ideology given is less hegemonic masculinity. Based on the
ideology contained in the novel and movie adaptation, the motive given by the
adapter is personal-political and economic lures. The adapter takes advantage of
this motive to gain profit, especially in financial terms. By using ideologies
related to issues that exist in society at that time, filmmakers gain more benefits. | en_US |
