reinterpretations
New takes offered
Reinterpretations are new or different ways of understanding or presenting something.
A director offers a reinterpretation of a classic play, a scholar proposes a reinterpretation of historical events, or a musician delivers a reinterpretation of a familiar song.
The word implies the original has been interpreted before: Her reinterpretation of the data challenged decades of accepted theory.
Fresh interpretation of existing material
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
- subversionUndermining established authority
- parodySatirical imitation
pastiche · appropriation · mashup · collage · fusion · experimentation · innovation · reinvention
Fresh interpretation of existing material
- remakeNew version created
- retellingNarrating something anew
- reworkingModifying something already made
- coverProtect by overlaying
arrangement · translation · rendition · version · variation · modernization · update · revival
Modifying something already made
- redraftingRewriting to improve
- rewordingRestating in different terms
- rewritingComposing text anew
- amendmentChange to official text
modification · update · refinement · overhaul · adjustment · alteration · edit · emendation
Way of seeing things
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
reading · understanding · perception · standpoint · outlook · vantage · context · worldview
reimagining
Fresh interpretation of existing material
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
- subversionUndermining established authority
parody · pastiche · appropriation · mashup · collage · fusion · experimentation · innovation · reinvention · artistic
reimagining
Fresh interpretation of existing material
cover · arrangement · translation · rendition · version · variation · modernization · update · revival · reboot
reworking
Modifying something already made
- redraftingRewriting to improve
- rewordingRestating in different terms
- rewritingComposing text anew
amendment · modification · update · refinement · overhaul · adjustment · alteration · edit · emendation · recasting
viewpoint
Way of seeing things
paradigm · reading · understanding · perception · standpoint · outlook · vantage · context · worldview · mindset
- improvementsimprovement, fixes, betterment, enhancement, upgrade
- Shakespeare productionsGlobe Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford, TV adaptations, screen adaptations
reinterpretationsfirst readings
Opening legislative consideration
originals · source material · source texts · archetypes · prototypes