{"title":"The Brick-Built Sea: Adapting the Odyssey in LEGO","authors":"Justin Muchnick","doi":"10.1093/adaptation/apad006","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In the summer of 2014, a group of Adult Fans of LEGO (AFOLs) designed and constructed a massive LEGO model of Homer’s Odyssey—a model worth analysing as an artistic adaptation of a canonical work of classical literature. Drawing on recent scholarship in the field of LEGO studies, this article examines this model in the context of LEGO as an artistic medium. It then considers the ways in which this model engages with modern conceptions of the idea of ‘epic’, while also using Mikhail Bakhtin’s distinction between epic and novel to explore some of the model’s more novelistic qualities. Finally, this article seeks to position the model within—and in opposition to—a wider landscape of LEGO-centric classical engagement.","PeriodicalId":42085,"journal":{"name":"Adaptation-The Journal of Literature on Screen Studies","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2023-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Adaptation-The Journal of Literature on Screen Studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/adaptation/apad006","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract In the summer of 2014, a group of Adult Fans of LEGO (AFOLs) designed and constructed a massive LEGO model of Homer’s Odyssey—a model worth analysing as an artistic adaptation of a canonical work of classical literature. Drawing on recent scholarship in the field of LEGO studies, this article examines this model in the context of LEGO as an artistic medium. It then considers the ways in which this model engages with modern conceptions of the idea of ‘epic’, while also using Mikhail Bakhtin’s distinction between epic and novel to explore some of the model’s more novelistic qualities. Finally, this article seeks to position the model within—and in opposition to—a wider landscape of LEGO-centric classical engagement.
2014年夏天，一群乐高成人粉丝(Adult Fans of LEGO，简称AFOLs)设计并制作了一个巨大的《荷马游记》乐高模型——作为经典文学经典的艺术改编，这个模型值得分析。借鉴最近乐高研究领域的学术成果，本文在乐高作为一种艺术媒介的背景下考察了这一模型。然后，它考虑了这种模式与现代“史诗”概念的联系方式，同时也使用米哈伊尔·巴赫金对史诗和小说的区分来探索这种模式的一些更具小说性的品质。最后，本文试图将模型定位在以乐高为中心的古典参与的更广泛的景观中，并与之相对立。
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