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PUNE RESEARCH SCHOLAR 

AN INTERNATIONAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL

( ISSN 2455  -  314X  ONLINE )

TANVEER BABAR ALI KHAN

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This article critically examines the process of écranisation, the transformation of literature into film, through a comparative study of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey (1817) and its 2007 ITV adaptation. Using Pamusuk Eneste’s tripartite framework of addition, reduction and modification, the study analyses how the adaptation reshapes Austen’s parody of gothic fiction into a visually expressive and emotionally immediate cinematic text. Close, chapter-by-chapter comparison reveals that reductions streamline social satire and secondary plots, additions externalise Catherine Morland’s imaginative life through dream sequences, and modifications recalibrate characterisation and tone to intensify romance and gothic spectacle. While Austen’s irony and subtle commentary are diminished, the adaptation achieves accessibility and affective resonance for contemporary audiences. The article argues that this transformation illustrates adaptation as an act of cultural negotiation, demonstrating how Austen’s narratives remain adaptable to shifting aesthetic and cultural demands, and how écranisation provides a rigorous framework for understanding such processes.

Keywords: Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, adaptation studies, écranisation, gothic parody

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