چکیده (انگلیسی):

Graphic adaptations of pieces of literature aim at re-presenting the text they are
based on. For this reason, scholars study these intermedial literary works in an
attempt to see what aspects of the original text are re-interpreted or adapted to the
new social context in which they appear. Each version of a previously written work
of literature will carry unique elements that will broaden the meaning and reception
of the original piece of literature as they reinterpret that book. Those remediated
pieces of literature tend to combine the two main modes of communication: the
visual and the linguistic. The latest graphic adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s novella
Heart of Darkness (first published in book form in 1902) sheds contemporary light on
the main theme of this book (colonization) by showing a XXI century vision. This
graphic version has been published in 2013 in The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3 and is
designed by Matt Kish. The semiotic approach that Iwill follow in this article will
provide a theoretical basis for an intermedial study that will deepen in the
multimodal load of this novella through a comparative study with its graphic
adaptation.
Intermediality, Semiotics, Visual Mode, Linguistic Mode, Joseph
Conrad, Heart of Darkness