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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/from-page-to-pixels-reimaginin
 g-virginia-woolfs-orlando-as-an-interactive-journey-of-self-exploration/
SUMMARY:From Page to Pixels: Reimagining Virginia Woolf’s Orlando as an I
 nteractive Journey of Self-Exploration
DESCRIPTION:This talk presents my ongoing research project: a videogame ada
 ptation of Orlando\, Virginia Woolf’s fictional biography\, framed not 
 as a walkthrough or a completed artefact but as a thought experiment. Rath
 er than asking how faithfully a videogame can reproduce Woolf’s novel\, 
 the talk is guided by a recurring question: Do you think Virginia Woolf wo
 uld like it? The rationale for this central question draws from Woolf’s
  own practice as a master of adaptation. In Orlando\, she rewrites the li
 fe of Vita Sackville-West—her lover and muse—into a mock biography\, t
 ransforming lived experience into playful literary form. In particular\, h
 er ludic manipulation of genre—serious in its implications yet light in 
 its execution—offers a conceptual model for thinking about gameplay itse
 lf. Existing adaptations of Orlando are discussed briefly to illustrate 
 different methodological approaches rather than questions of fidelity to t
 he text. The videogame is positioned as a practice-based exploration of pl
 ayer agency and experiential navigation\, concluding by deliberately withh
 olding a definitive answer\, in keeping with Woolf’s resistance to closu
 re.\n
CATEGORIES:Visiting Scholar Talks
LOCATION:Common Room (#136)\, 2 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, United S
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