소설에서 영화로의 매체 전환- 영화 '오베라는 남자'를 중심으로

Abstract

Novels and films meet their recipients namely audiences and readers respectively through its differential expression methods. These two are very different in terms of making-process as each uses either text or image but they also share common denominators as the art based on the narratives. On the basis of the narrative, there are active cross exchanges between novels and films in these days and while novels are transformed into films the narrative structure inevitably brings changes. This paper looked into how the changes are brought into when a novel makes into a film centering on the case of A man called Ove a Swedish novel, written by Fredrik Backman. During the course of transforming a novel into a film deletion or change of story is unavoidable leading to different recipients' experiences. Nevertheless, the reason why the film could receive positive reactions from the audiences was the use of the flashback technique. In the narrative structure of the novel, Ove the main character looks back his past to show and explains himself of the past and in the course of transformation the film make the most of the flashback technique efficiently. The technique could easily disturb the experience of the audience however this paper explored how the film overcome the shortcomings enabling the positive audience experience.