Mash UPs Jane Austen's Fight Club

With all the Jane Austen Mash-ups I thought this particularly hee-larry-us;

 


"Mashup" is recombinant art, derived art. Some may call it type of plagiarism resulting from the impulse to create paired with a lack of imagination. Others will contend that this process of remixing source materials, whether they be "found sounds", literature or pop music has great artistic merit. This site focusses on the use of mashup in the print medium: fiction and other types of creative writing. Although mashup can take many forms and is known by many names, the process remains the same: elements of different source materials are mixed together (or "juxtaposed") to create a new composition.http://www.mashmashup.com/

Although I am not a huge fan of mash-ups this past summer I reviewed a Jane Austen mash up: Bespelling Jane Austen. Okay for novelty, I think it is an interesting exercise. Once in a while you can find a well-done mash-up.  I do prefer a short story Mash-up; less of a time investment.  On the other hand re-creation and re-mixing, adaptation has long been accepted in art especially painting.  

I would imagine it is a good way to sell books, after all you have a known commodity mixed with something new.

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Related articles

• The Jane Austen mash-ups we'd really love to see (salon.com)
• Emma and the Vampires - New Jane Austen Mashup (connectwithyourteens.blogspot.com)

Here are a few-mash ups

 
 



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