영국의 (맨)부커상과 영화 각색을 통한 소설의 대중화: 『라이프 오브 파이』를 중심으로
(Man)Booker Prize and Popularization of Fiction by Film Adaptation: Focusing on Life of Pi
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This paper introduces the Man Booker Prize, formerly known as the Booker-McConnell Prize and commonly known as the Booker Prize, which is awarded each year for the best English language novel, published in the UK. This prize gives authors fame, which directly increases their book sales and popularizes their publications. In particular, the film adaptations of the Booker Prize winning novels attract more readers, which naturally forms a new literary canon. As a commercial literary fiction, this paper examines Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. In the story, on the way to Canada with his family who runs a zoo in Pondicherry India, the protagonist, a 15-year-old boy named Pi, is ship-wrecked and survives alone. Surprisingly, he shares a rescue boat with a tiger for 227 days until he is rescued on a Mexican beach. With the adaptation of this creative story, Ang Lee won the best director for Academy Awards. Based on its artistic and commercial success, this paper deals with two points; Pi’s salvation through his religious experience which makes him endure all the sufferings, and his role as a postmodern subject who creates a second story when necessary. The second device is used to avoid facing his inner animality. Lastly, in reading Life of Pi this paper suggests that in the Booker Prize the legacy of imperialism is deeply implicated because the winners use the methods of imperialism and the English language.
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This paper introduces the Man Booker Prize, formerly known as the Booker-McConnell Prize and commonly known as the Booker Prize, which is awarded each year for the best English language novel, published in the UK. This prize gives authors fame, which directly increases their book sales and popularizes their publications. In particular, the film adaptations of the Booker Prize winning novels attract more readers, which naturally forms a new literary canon. As a commercial literary fiction, this paper examines Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. In the story, on the way to Canada with his family who runs a zoo in Pondicherry India, the protagonist, a 15-year-old boy named Pi, is ship-wrecked and survives alone. Surprisingly, he shares a rescue boat with a tiger for 227 days until he is rescued on a Mexican beach. With the adaptation of this creative story, Ang Lee won the best director for Academy Awards. Based on its artistic and commercial success, this paper deals with two points; Pi’s salvation through his religious experience which makes him endure all the sufferings, and his role as a postmodern subject who creates a second story when necessary. The second device is used to avoid facing his inner animality. Lastly, in reading Life of Pi this paper suggests that in the Booker Prize the legacy of imperialism is deeply implicated because the winners use the methods of imperialism and the English language.
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