title: Interpretations of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot” by Akira Kurosawa and Andrzej Wajda: A comparative analysis. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2018, vol. 10, issue 2, pp. 159–175.
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metadata.value: Wang, Xiaoxing
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metadata.value: 2018-08-16T14:52:29Z
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metadata.value: Wang X. Interpretations of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot” by Akira Kurosawa and Andrzej Wajda: A comparative analysis. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2018, vol. 10, issue 2, pp. 159–175.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu13.2018.202
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metadata.value: Literary heritage of Fyodor Dostoevsky has always presented an attraction for world cinema
  encouraging and inspiring filmmakers from different countries including Asia to rethink and
  reinterpret the works of this outstanding Russian writer again and again. A remarkable effort
  toward “re-coding” of Dostoevsky’s narrative was made by Asian cinematography, namely by
  Akira Kurosawa, a Japanese film director and screenwriter. “The Idiot” directed by Kurosawa
  holds a special place among other adaptations of Dostoyevsky’s masterpiece primarily on
  account of this film exhibiting free and bold changes as regards the place and time of action.
  In Kurosawa’s interpretation events unfold in post-war Japan of the mid-20th century around
  Japanese characters brought together on a snowy island of Hokkaido. Placing the story in a
  Japanese frame and content Kurosawa makes the film not a mere illustration of Dostoevsky’s
  novel, but succeeds in accurately transmitting the spirit of the masterpiece. This significant
  Japanese film director and screenwriter reveals a deep understanding of the Russian world
  while remaining an informed transmitter or bearer of Asian culture. The way Kurosawa
  approaches Dostoevsky’s novel constitutes his subjective rethinking of this literary work
  observed through the lense of his homeland’s history and national tradition. Ancient Asian
  culture is clearly seen both in the storyline and visual imaging of the film. Like in his other
  films, in «The Idiot» Kurosawa introduces the Noh drama. This paper attempts to analyze
  Akira Kurosawa and Andrzej Wajda’s cinematic narratives, to identify characteristics of their
  artistic styles, and to reveal some specific features of adapting Russian classics in an Eastern
  cultural context.
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metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 10; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Fyodor Dostoevsky
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metadata.value: The Idiot
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metadata.value: Akira Kurosawa
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Nastasja
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Andrzej Wajda
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Noh Drama
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Kabuki
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Interpretations of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot” by Akira Kurosawa and Andrzej Wajda: A comparative analysis. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2018, vol. 10, issue 2, pp. 159–175.
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