Transposition from Freud to Freud: The Adaptation of Psychoanalytic Theory into a Netflix Series

In this study, Netflix’s original series Freud (Marvin Kren, 2020 – ), adapted from Sigmund Freud’sbiography (1856-1939) was analyzed according to traditional adaptation understanding based on theloyalty to the source text. Freud is an eight-part Austrian-German series in the crime, thriller, myster...

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Main Author: Yasemin Özkent
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Published: Marmara University 2021-06-01
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description In this study, Netflix’s original series Freud (Marvin Kren, 2020 – ), adapted from Sigmund Freud’sbiography (1856-1939) was analyzed according to traditional adaptation understanding based on theloyalty to the source text. Freud is an eight-part Austrian-German series in the crime, thriller, mysterygenre covering the early professional years of Freud. The story of the series is created in connectionwith Freud’s psychoanalytic theory. In adaptation, a text can remain faithful during its conversion intoa visual narrative such as a series or a film, or it can be approached through an intertextual perspective.Since Freud was faithfully adapted following psychoanalytical theory, this study preferred essentialistapproaches in engaging the subject. Even though the first season of the series narrates the developmentperiod of Freud’s work, psychoanalytic theory is handled holistically in the analysis part of the study. Asa result of the analysis, it was observed that although mystery and crime events were added to Freud’sbiography, the hierarchy was preserved between the source text and Freud series. Hence, this study aimsto contribute to the existing literature by engaging in a psychoanalytical analysis of an online series inan interdisciplinary way.
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spelling doaj-art-9c4d1e3daca14e2aa85ae6cc96c05d752025-01-26T18:31:51ZengMarmara UniversityTürkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi2630-62202021-06-013727429210.17829/turcom.8547733Transposition from Freud to Freud: The Adaptation of Psychoanalytic Theory into a Netflix SeriesYasemin Özkent0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8617-8429SELCUK UNIVERSITYIn this study, Netflix’s original series Freud (Marvin Kren, 2020 – ), adapted from Sigmund Freud’sbiography (1856-1939) was analyzed according to traditional adaptation understanding based on theloyalty to the source text. Freud is an eight-part Austrian-German series in the crime, thriller, mysterygenre covering the early professional years of Freud. The story of the series is created in connectionwith Freud’s psychoanalytic theory. In adaptation, a text can remain faithful during its conversion intoa visual narrative such as a series or a film, or it can be approached through an intertextual perspective.Since Freud was faithfully adapted following psychoanalytical theory, this study preferred essentialistapproaches in engaging the subject. Even though the first season of the series narrates the developmentperiod of Freud’s work, psychoanalytic theory is handled holistically in the analysis part of the study. Asa result of the analysis, it was observed that although mystery and crime events were added to Freud’sbiography, the hierarchy was preserved between the source text and Freud series. Hence, this study aimsto contribute to the existing literature by engaging in a psychoanalytical analysis of an online series inan interdisciplinary way.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1491125psikanalitik teorisigmund freuduyarlamanetflix dizisitelevizyon çalışmalarıpsychoanalytic theorysigmund freudadaptationnetflix seriestelevision studies
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Transposition from Freud to Freud: The Adaptation of Psychoanalytic Theory into a Netflix Series
Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi
psikanalitik teori
sigmund freud
uyarlama
netflix dizisi
televizyon çalışmaları
psychoanalytic theory
sigmund freud
adaptation
netflix series
television studies
title Transposition from Freud to Freud: The Adaptation of Psychoanalytic Theory into a Netflix Series
title_full Transposition from Freud to Freud: The Adaptation of Psychoanalytic Theory into a Netflix Series
title_fullStr Transposition from Freud to Freud: The Adaptation of Psychoanalytic Theory into a Netflix Series
title_full_unstemmed Transposition from Freud to Freud: The Adaptation of Psychoanalytic Theory into a Netflix Series
title_short Transposition from Freud to Freud: The Adaptation of Psychoanalytic Theory into a Netflix Series
title_sort transposition from freud to freud the adaptation of psychoanalytic theory into a netflix series
topic psikanalitik teori
sigmund freud
uyarlama
netflix dizisi
televizyon çalışmaları
psychoanalytic theory
sigmund freud
adaptation
netflix series
television studies
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