At the end of this course, the students; 1) recognize texts adapted to the screen and/or television, 2) analyze adaptations, 3) discuss adaptations in relation to the problematics of fidelity to the source.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION
The aim of this course is to discuss the emergence and development of Adaptation Studies and to introduce the related theoretical approaches. The process of how literary texts are adapted to the screen and/or television is exemplified and evaluated critically.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Introduction: What is Adaptation?; The Emergence and Development of Adaptation Studies
2nd Week
Theories on Adaptation
3rd Week
Theories on Adaptation
4th Week
Contemporary Approaches
5th Week
Literary Adaptations
6th Week
Literary Adaptations
7th Week
Midterm Examination
8th Week
Literary Adaptations
9th Week
Historical Adaptations
10th Week
Historical Adaptations
11th Week
Historical Adaptations
12th Week
Biographical Adaptations
13th Week
Biographical Adaptations
14th Week
Term Project Presentations
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Selected articles and book chapters.
Bingham, Dennis. Whose Lives Are They Anyway?: The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre. New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 2010. Cartmell, Deborah, ed. Adaptations: From Text to Screen, Screen to Text. London: Routledge, 1999. ---, ed. Classics in Film and Fiction. London: Pluto, 2000. ---, ed. A Companion to Literature, Film, and Adaptation. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. Naremore, James, ed. Film Adaptation. New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 2000. Pellow, C. Kenneth. Films as Critiques of Novels: Transformational Criticism. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen, 1994. Raw, Laurence, and Defne Ersin Tutan, eds. The Adaptation of History: Essays on Ways of telling the Past. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2013. Sheen, Erica. The Classic Novel from Page to Screen. Manchester: Manchester UP; 2000. Sinyard, Neil. Filming Literature: The Art of Screen Adaptation. London: Croom Helm, 1988. Stam, Robert. Literature through Film: Realism, Magic, and the Art of Adaptation. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2005. Stam, Robert, and Alessandra Raengo, eds. Literature and Film: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Film Adaptation. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2005.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Project
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
25
Quiz
1
5
Project
1
25
Attendance
1
5
Total(%)
60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
40
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
1
2
2
Preparation for Quiz
5
5
25
Individual or group work
14
2
28
Preparation for Final exam
1
10
10
Course hours
14
3
42
Preparation for Midterm exam
1
10
10
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
1
2
2
Homework
Term Project Research
1
10
10
Total Workload
129
Total Workload / 30
4,3
ECTS Credits of the Course
4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
