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Weaving Nature Mage: Collective Intertextuality in the Design of a Book-to-Game Adaptation

Weaving Nature Mage: Collective Intertextuality in the Design of a Book-to-Game Adaptation

Claudio Pires Franco
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781522504771|ISBN10: 152250477X|EISBN13: 9781522504788
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0477-1.ch012
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Franco, Claudio Pires. "Weaving Nature Mage: Collective Intertextuality in the Design of a Book-to-Game Adaptation." Contemporary Research on Intertextuality in Video Games, edited by Christophe Duret and Christian-Marie Pons, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 209-233. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0477-1.ch012

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Franco, C. P. (2016). Weaving Nature Mage: Collective Intertextuality in the Design of a Book-to-Game Adaptation. In C. Duret & C. Pons (Eds.), Contemporary Research on Intertextuality in Video Games (pp. 209-233). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0477-1.ch012

Chicago

Franco, Claudio Pires. "Weaving Nature Mage: Collective Intertextuality in the Design of a Book-to-Game Adaptation." In Contemporary Research on Intertextuality in Video Games, edited by Christophe Duret and Christian-Marie Pons, 209-233. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0477-1.ch012

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Abstract

This chapter is based on the analysis of previous cross-media game adaptations, on empirical research, and on reflection on practice with the design of a game concept for a fantasy book. Book-to-game adaptations are particularly interesting examples of cross-media adaptation. They not only weave the literary source text with intertexts from the game medium, but also require a modal transposition from the realm of words to a visual, interactive, multimodal medium where narrative and ludic logics intersect. This study proposes to look at different layers of cross-media intertextuality in the process of adaptation - at the level of specific texts, at the level of medium conventions, and at the level of genre conventions. It draws on crowd-sourcing research with readers to demonstrate that collaboration operates through multi-layered processes of collective intertextuality through which the intertextual repertoires of individuals meet to weave a final text.

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