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The short story
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 04, 2006, 10:58:19 am ---I have a couple of questions about this...why do you suppose the collection in which Brokeback Mountain appears is called Close Range? Also, is there a discussion of the prologue anywhere? Thanks for any insights.
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Brokebackjack posted that he saw Annie Proulx a few weeks ago. He asked her why the Prologue was not included in the New Yorker version of the story and she said it was a MISTAKE...it was not included by accident. When she received her copy of the magazine with the missing prologue, she almost had a stroke.
His comment is here:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=2833.msg115760#msg115760
and a longer commentary about the short story and the movie can be found here:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=2833.msg115579#msg115579
Leslie
Front-Ranger:
Thanks very much, Leslie. Of course, I didn't see that information when Jack first posted it. I will ask him if he wouldn't mind duplicating it over here.
louisev:
I'll be glad to offer a simple explanation, boiled down from Wikipedia:
"Canon" is what the author wrote.
Because the author wrote both the New Yorker Version, AND the Close Range version (Close range contains some other changes besides the prologue), both stories may be considered equally "canonical." As Leslie's link points out, Annie Proulx was NOT happy about the New Yorker leaving off the prologue because it was very important to her, thematically.
In terms of the screenplay, there are also two screenplays. I have them both if anyone wants copies.
Fan fiction is written by other authors using the original author's characters, setting, and often some of the plot.
That should clear up the terms for anyone - so by the definition of "canon", there would be both short story versions, as well as both screenplays, though the second screenplay would be more authoritative since that contained the actual shooting script from which the film was made.
Front-Ranger:
I am reading from my dictionary, which is the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, and the definition of canon is "a regulation or dogma decreed by a church council." There are several other definitions of this word, but none of them have anything to do with what you're writing.
This topic is about the short story, NOT the screenplay or about fanfiction. Please delete any such references or move them to your own forum.
David:
FREEZE! Time out!
Jeff Wrangler harmlessly mentioned Fanfic at the end of his post and suggested readers interested in that go check out some of the choices in the other threads. Nothing more.
I think we can keep this "On Topic" (Annes short story" without getting heated about it.
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