RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 From Ibsen to Ray: Transcultural Adaptation and Film Authorship in Ganashatru (An Enemy of the People, 1989) T2 De Ibsen a Ray: adaptación transcultural y autoría fílmica en Ganashatru (un enemigo del pueblo, 1989) A1 Sundar Pal, Shyam A1 Ghoshal, Ananya K1 Satyajit Ray K1 Ganashatru K1 Transcultural Adaptation K1 Film Author- ship K1 Resistance K1 Corruption AB Satyajit Ray’s Ganashatru (An Enemy of the People 1989) marks the first part of the final tril-ogy, with the subsequent two parts being Shakha Prashaka (Branches of the Tree 1990), andAgantuk (The Stranger 1991). Ray’s last three films are notable for their strong use of languageagainst the prevailing state of corruption and decadence in society. Ganashatru shows howDr. Ashoke Gupta, a medical practitioner in Chandipur, an imaginary town in West Bengal,fights against the town’s corrupt officials to decontaminate the temple’s holy water, spreadingjaundice and other water-borne diseases. Enriching the oeuvre of Ray’s filmic adaptations,Ganashatru is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s play An Enemy of the People (1882). Since thesource text is adapted from another culture, the paper identifies Ganashatru as a “transcul-tural adaptation,” borrowing the term from Linda Hutcheon. A theoretical analysis of filmauthorship is presented in this paper. Ray’s three critically important aspects of film author-ship are explored next –his inclination to adapt classic texts, his casting of a familiar set ofactors, and the establishing of his protagonist’s resistance to corruption. PB Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de La Laguna SN e-2530-8335 YR 2024 FD 2024 LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/39786 UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/39786 LA en DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna RD 14-nov-2024