verb
definition
To tell again, often differently, what one has read or heard; to paraphrase.
noun
definition
A new, changed, or adapted version of a story.
example
The new film is a needless retelling of what was already a cinematic classic.
Examples of retelling in a Sentence
The general reader will find Gaston Paris's study of the legend in Poemes et legendes du moyen age most interesting; also Joseph Bedier's popular retelling of the tale Tristan et Iseult.
However, Ghosts actually owes a much bigger debt to his brilliant retelling of Rio Bravo, Assault on Precinct Thirteen.
He asked about mutual acquaintances, and she became still more animated and chattered away giving him greetings from various people and retelling the town gossip.
When her vocal organs needed exercise, which was usually toward seven o'clock when she had had an after-dinner rest in a darkened room, the pretext would be the retelling of the same stories over and over again to the same audience.
Riders are treated to a retelling of the tale of Atlantis in between sharp bends and plummeting hills.
You can print, and in some cases get audio recordings, of the stories, but best results always come from memorizing and retelling the stories with proper intonation for maximum dramatic effect.
An urban legend (or myth) is an apocryphal story that is spread by the retelling from one person to another person.
Chances are, the story of the Amityville Horror has some elements of truth that have been embellished in the retelling over the years.
Some children will enjoy retelling the story afterward using the craft object that they made as a prop in their explanation.
Nosferatu was released in 1922; the estate of Bram Stoker in the person of his widow sued to have names and locations changed in this movie, but it is otherwise a fairly faithful retelling of his story.