Remodelling homologies
Adaptation between betrayal and incommensurability
Christophe Collard | Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The November 1997 issue of Index magazine featured a rather unusual piece by avantgardist
John Jesurun, which apparently had surprised even the editors – and this despite having commissioned the contribution themselves.
Building on the already troubled conversion from James M. Cain’s 1941 novel Mildred Pierce to the 1945 film
produced by Jerry Wald via multiple screenwriters and many more rewrites, this essay approaches the theme of betrayal so
conspicuous in both works less from the narrative angle than from a processual angle inspired by the principle of
incommensurability. To this end, it juxtaposes the ‘classical’ adaptation from the Hollywood studio era with Jesurun’s
experimental reimagining of the betrayal theme as a homology-based remodelling.
Keywords: adaptation, homology, incommensurability, John Jesurun,
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Published online: 15 June 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/etc.10.1.01col
https://doi.org/10.1075/etc.10.1.01col
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