TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD................................................................................................ 9 ABSTRACT................................................................................................ 11 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................... 13
1.The Topicality of the Subject ................................................................ 13
2.The Relevance and Motivation of the Research
at the National Level .................................................................................... 15 3.The Premises and the Objectives of the Research .............................. 17CHAPTER 1 ............................................................................................... 23
Theoretical Models; Methodology of Research (Linda Hutcheon, Sarah Cardwell, Erica Sheen, Robert Stam, Brian McFarlane, Thomas Leitch in adaptation studies; Jean Epstein, André Bazin, David Bordwell, Christian Metz, Sean Cubitt, Nitzan Ben-Shaul in film studies)
A Critical Approach to the Main Theoretical Models in Film Adaptations and Film Studies CHAPTER 2 ............................................................................................... 56 Film and Television Series Adaptations of Charles Dickens’s Novel David Copperfield as a Form of Cultural Translation
2.1. Adaptation as Cultural Translation; Theoretical Aspects .............. 56

2.2. Analysis of the Adaptations Proposed for Study ............................. 63
CHAPTER 3 ............................................................................................. 109
The Ethical Dimension of Adaptation in Alfonso Cuaron’s
Great Expectations
3.1. Introduction ....................................................................................... 109
3.2. Ethics and Fidelity in Adaptations .................................................. 110
3.3. The Personal Ethics of the Writer, of the Adapter and of the Characters ................................................................................................ 138
3.4. Conclusion.......................................................................................... 160

CHAPTER 4 ............................................................................................. 162
Cultural Translation - The Bible as Intertext in Film and Television Series Adaptations of Charles Dickens’s Works (Nicholas Nickleby, Martin Chuzzlewit, David Copperfield, Little Dorrit, Great Expectations and Our Mutual Friend)
4.1. Introduction ....................................................................................... 162
4.2. The Recreation of Eden .................................................................... 179
4.3. The Test of Job .................................................................................. 184
4.4. The Redeemer or the Prototype of Jesus ........................................ 189
4.5. The Flood ........................................................................................... 192
4.6. The Villain, the Devil and Hell ......................................................... 195
4.7. Jesus’s Teachings .............................................................................. 204
4.8. The Theme of Duty ........................................................................... 207
4.9. Conclusion.......................................................................................... 218
CHAPTER 5 ............................................................................................. 224 Conclusions FILMOGRAPHY ..................................................................................... 233 BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................... 237