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Karina Unregistered User (3/12/03 6:12:54 pm)	adaptation theories? Hi! I am a graduate student in comparative literature and I have a query regarding the re-adaptation or retelling of narratives. I was wondering whether there are any current theories that discuss and evaluate various narrative methods used in the process of rewriting or revising stories? Thank you!
Don Registered User (3/13/03 2:16:53 pm)	Re: adaptation theories? You might find these two books useful: John Stephens and Robyn McCallum, Retelling Stories, Framing Culture (Garland, 1998). Stephon Benson, Cycles of Influence: Fiction, Folktale, Theory (Wayne State University Press, 2003). Here's the link to Wayne State U Press. See also what Jack Zipes has to say about "duplication" and "revision" in the introduction to Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale (University Press of Kentucky, 1994).