Through the “Magic Mirror”: Adapting Angela Carter’s Japanese Writings for the Silver Screen

Abstract This article outlines the development of a feature-length screenplay adaptation Angela Carter’s short story “Flesh and Mirror,” situating it within critical discussion her metaleptic narrative strategies challenges translating them to screen. The incorporates Japanese stories journalism, which are said be most autobiographical writings. explores attitude life writing highlights dangers straightforward biographical adaptation, contextualizing writings wider engagement with literature I-novel. It demonstrates how aims emulate playful experimentation form, overlapping metaphors magic mirrors, puppetry, theater, film sets, attempting delicate balancing act transposing “literary gymnastics” silver