A Study on the Adaptation of My Fair Lady from Pygmalion from the Perspective of Linda Hutcheon’s Adaptation Theory

Abstract

Adaptation can give a classic work a contemporary flavor, thus giving it a new vitality. Nowadays, with the continuous enrichment of the practice of adaptation, the theoretical value of Linda  Hutcheon’s A Theory of Adaptation, as a pioneering work in the field, has become more and more prominent. The purpose of this paper is to use Linda Hutcheon’s adaptation theory to analyse the film My Fair Lady, which is adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s drama Pygmalion. Through combining the core points of adaptation theory, it will analyse the adaptationss of the scenes and the functions of music addes in this work, and then discuss the adaptation strategy from the drama text to the film.