In Poland, That is To Say Nowhere: Ubu roi in the Czech and Polish Film Versions

Abstrakt

The paper comprises an analysis and comparison of two film adaptations of the play Ubu roi by Alfred Jarry made in Central Europe after 1989: Král Ubu (F. A.

Brabec, 1996) and Ubu Król (Piotr Szulkin, 2003).

Klíčová slova

• adaptation
• re-writing, intertextuality
• humour
• corporeality
• political and social issues