FRANKENSTEIN FROM LITERATURE TO CINEMA: TRIVIAL NARRATIVES OR CONTEMPORARY TRENDS?

Abstract

This article analyzes the relationship between literature and cinema based on the concepts of Deep Structure and Surface Structure by Flávio Kothe (1994) and the ideas of hypertextualization explored by Gerard Genette (2005). Here, we seek to show how Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has been, over time, the object of inspiration for numerous film productions that often use technological devices to disguise the semantic structure that originated the plot. From this perspective, we reflect on the characteristics of the current discourse in the relationship between literature and cinema, pointing to repetitions that favor the construction of narratives that seem trivial, but that respond to the desires of the contemporary public.