The TV Version of a Literary Work as a Form of Mass Culture

Abstract

Studies the television series as a form of mass culture within the framework of cultural anthropology. A special attention is paid to the problem of interaction between literary fiction and genre of television serial. In this regard, the author addresses “The Master and Margarita” serial directed by Vladimir Bortko and based on the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov as a particular case of interpretation which is related to the general problem of cultural codes “translation”.