The Shining (1977 novel + 1980 film) | Episode #43

In this spooktacular episode "A Tale of Two Shinings", hosts Katherine Troyer and Anthony Tresca discuss two different versions of The Shining: Stephen King's 1977 novel and Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film. 

Episode Highlights: Using the lens of adaptation theory to help us move past the ultimately unhelpful (but oh so satisfying!) debate of "which version is better," we explore how these works present different sources of horror and, in the process, become richly different texts.  We argue that whereas the source of horror in King's novel centers on how the past literally and figuratively haunts us, the source of horror in Kubrick's film is alienation and placelessness. With this claim in mind, we spend the rest of the episode digging more deeply into these two works.

A Dose of Scholarship: There is a lot of great scholarship on adaptation theory; however, we recommend checking out Linda Hutcheon's A Theory of Adaptation for an accessible and useful framework for thinking through questions of adaptation.

This podcast episode first aired on March 23, 2021

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