"Carne trémula" en España: un estudio de la recepción de la novela y su adaptación cinematográfica en la prensa española

Abstract

This paper analyses the reception of Carne trémula (understood both as novel and film adaptation) in four Spanish newspapers (El País, El Mundo, La Vanguardia y ABC) from 1986 (year of publication of the original novel in England) until today. Our aim is to study how the Spanish press deals with both original text and film adaptation; Secondly, we delve into the presence of the original writer (Ruth Rendell, 1930-2015) in the target culture. Finally, we provide the first hints about the role of the press in projecting a particular authorial image as an essential element in any study about reception. Paradoxically, by means of a 'localisation' of the English text, Almodóvar would earn a certain global image for which the press is also responsible.