• Arya Balachandran

Ran is a cultural reconstruction of King Lear, where Kurosawa attempts to give a Japanese version of King Lear. This study focuses on the differences in Ran from the source King Lear, its relation to the source, the influences which shaped the work and the message it intends to convey through the deconstruction and recreation. This adaptation also attempts to fill in the fissures in the original and highlights the fact that adaptations can be influenced by culture, politics and history of the author or his age. Ran, though against the interests of the original author, appeals to the tastes and perceptions of the audience. The work has an independent identity though it is intrinsically linked to the original. Whether Ran conforms to the notion of fidelity to the original is analysed here to deduce the validity of the conventional notion of ‘fidelity criticism’.

Adaptation, Fidelity, KingLear, Originality, Ran

"From Text to Screen: The Metamorphosis of King Lear to Ran", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.435-439, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907204.pdf

"From Text to Screen: The Metamorphosis of King Lear to Ran", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp435-439, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907204.pdf