Exploring the Impacts of Textual Materiality in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Keywords:
Alice in Wonderland, adaptations, graphic novel, cinema, Cultural Hegemony, Textual materialismAbstract
This research investigates the impacts of textual materiality on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Textual Materiality explores how physical forms, including design, typography, and illustrations, influence a text's interpretation. This study highlights how material elements shape reader and viewer engagement by examining abridged versions, graphic adaptations, and audiovisual representations. Some of the main goals are to ascertain how materiality affects textuality, production, and reception and to assess how socioeconomic and technical elements impact meaning. Utilizing Stuart Hall's encoding-decoding theory, the research adopts a mixed-methods approach, including surveys via Google Forms, to analyze audience responses. The paper aims to investigate whether material elements such as book design, illustrations, and cinematic techniques significantly affect interpretation or not. Case studies of abridged editions will determine whether the adaptations prioritize accessibility and whether graphic fiction and audiovisual adaptations showcase the interplay of visual and textual elements. These transformations highlight the influence of cultural, technological, and economic dynamics on production and consumption.
