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keyword for adaptations

What keyword is commonly used to describe when a title is the only element shared with a sourced literature, which entirely differs in its plot?  Also, what keyword describes an adaptation that's fairly faithful except set against a different period or setting?  Thanks.

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What keyword is commonly used to describe when a title is the only element shared with a sourced literature, which entirely differs in its plot?  

I know it's been quite a while since you asked this question, but I finally have a good answer for you. 

If the sourced literature is a poem, then the appropriate keyword is title-based-on-poem.

If the sourced literature is one of Shakespeare's works, then the appropriate keyword is title-based-on-shakespeare

And if the sourced literature is the Bible, then the appropriate keyword is title-based-on-the-bible

There should be similar keywords like "title-based-on-novel" and "title-based-on-book," plus a general keyword "title-based-on-literary-work," but unfortunately those have not been created yet.

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@keyword_expert​ For novels, the popular keyword seems to be: Based On Character From Novel.  For other literary works, the popular keyword seems to be: Based On Literary Character.

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@rootsmusic​ But your original post was about titles. That is different from characters.

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loose-adaptation could apply to both.

There's also modern-day-adaptation and modernized-setting, if that applies.

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It might not hurt to have a "characters-borrowed-from-other-story" keyword, "character-borrowed-from-novel", "character-borrowed-from-game", or so.

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Here are some other possibilities:

loosely-based-on-novel (4 titles)

adapted-from-a-novel (12 titles)

adapted-from-short-novel (5 titles)

adaptation-from-a-poem (1 title)

readaptation (3 titles)

reimagining (35 titles)

different-time-period (5 titles)

And those could still be combined with a standard "based-on-" keyword, which would not necessarily be mutually exclusive with a "loose-" or "adapted-" keyword.

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You don't think "adapted from a novel" means the same thing as "based on a novel"?

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I suppose you are right. I wrote those last few words too quickly, without really thinking about what I was saying. What I should have said was a "based-on-" keyword could be combined with many of the other keywords discussed in this thread.

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