The Adaptation of a Literary Text to Film : Problems and Cases in « Adaptation Criticism »

Maureen QUINN, The Adaptation of a Literary Text to Film: Problems and Cases in « Adaptation Criticism », Ceredigion (Royaume-Uni), Mellen Press, 2007, 172 p.
ISBN10 0-7734-5310-5   
ISBN13 978-0-7734-5310-4


RÉSUMÉ

This study introduces basic concepts of the emerging discipline of literary-film adaptation criticism specifically geared toward literary disciplines. The text describes the evolution of adaptation criticism from Virginia Woolfe's somewhat derisive comments about film adaptation to modern scholarly approaches. The work builds on and adapts elements of literary criticism for adaptation study observing how basic elements of film criticism can be adapted for literary adaptation study. Case studies are included to demonstrate a method of discussing each form through its own methods. Despite the disparate qualities of the two media literary adaptation criticism offers a perspective in which literature and film can be discussed as partners that modify one another.


TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Foreword by Brian McFarlane
Introduction
1 Adaptation Criticism an Evolving Art
2 Bringing Adaptation Study to the Classroom
3 Managing Literary Adaptation Study in the Classroom
4 Adaptation: Viewing The Age of Innocence through the Minds of Two Artists
5 Capturing Character in Thomas Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge
6 Sherman Alexie, Postmodernism, and the Meta-Narrative Conundrum
Bibliography
Index


À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR

Ms. Maureen Quinn is an independent scholar and Adjunct Instructor living in Springfield, Illinois. She received her M.A. in English from the University of Illinois at Springfield.