Analyzing Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as an intralingual intergenre rewriting as translation

The process of recreating texts and changing their meanings in cultural, historical, and ideological settings is known as "rewriting," and it is an essential concept in translation studies. Rewriting is an important part of the rewriting of literary texts, allowing them to adapt to changing cultural, social, and ideological settings. Parody emerges as an effective instrument for both criticizing and modernizing traditional works in the framework of the cultural turn, which emphasizes the interaction of literature and its broader cultural surroundings. Rewriting a literary text into another genre results in a shift of genre. Especially if the change in question occurs within the same language, this change is examined as intralingual translation. This thesis discusses how Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies parodies Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, rewriting Austen's original work within a modern cultural context. The thesis aims to compare these two works in the context of translation studies and literature, and to highlight the dynamic relationship between tradition and creativity in literary rewriting, emphasizing that parody as a genre reflects and challenges the characteristics of the source text. Examining Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as intralingual intergenre rewriting in the framework of translation studies is the core of this thesis. The study analyzes the two works through the lens of rewriting, cultural turn, interlingual, and intergenre translation, focusing on how Austen's Regency-era narrative is transformed to appeal to modern sensibilities. The addition of parodic elements, which combine Austen's social commentary with the grotesque, fantastical, and bizarre aspects of postmodern humor, is essential to this change. Austen's work is recontextualized by this imaginative blending, which also captures changes in literary trends and audience expectations.