Duel Topos in the Screenings of Les Liaisons Dangereuses
The article presents a research of a topos, a repetitive narrative situation, that of a duel in Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1782) and its cinematography adaptations. The duel scenes discussed are parts of a range of movies: Roger Vadim’s Les liaisons dangerouses (1960), Stephen Frears’ Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Miloš Forman’s Valmon (1989), Roger Kumble’s Cruel Intentions (1999), Je-yong Lee’s Untold Scandal (2003), Hur Jin Ho’s Dangerous Liaisons (2012). Based on the intermedial analysis, the features of the film directors’ interpretations of the duel topos are identified depending on the time and place of the screening.