At the end of this course, the students; 1) will be able to examine literature and film as two types of narrative structures, and analyze the differences between them in terms of form and function 2) will be able to analyze adaptations of literary texts for the cinema, focusing on textual issues and other areas of adaptation practice, such as pastiche, appropriation, intertextuality, audiences and commercialism.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
None
COURSE DEFINITION
The course is designed to focus on how literary texts have been transformed into films and/or television adaptations. It will also look at the commercial, political, and artistic factors that shape such adaptations.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Introduction to the Course: What is Adaptation?
2nd Week
Adaptation Theory
3rd Week
Adaptation Theory
4th Week
Literature into Film: Contemporary Perspectives
5th Week
Popular Forms of Adaptation
6th Week
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
7th Week
Literary Adaptations
8th Week
Literary Adaptations
9th Week
Historical Adaptations
10th Week
Historical Adaptations; TERM PROJECTS TOPIC SELECTION DEADLINE
11th Week
Biographical Adaptations
12th Week
Biographical Adaptations; TERM PROJECTS SUBMISSION DEADLINE
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,Project
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
30
Quiz
5
5
Project
1
30
Attendance
1
5
Total(%)
70
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
70
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
30
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30
ECTS Credits of the Course
4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
