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124220 SE Cultural and Media Studies Seminar / BA-Paper / MA; Britsh/Irish/New English (2015S)

Film Adaptations of Novels

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work

The aim of this course is to compare the imaginative worlds created by narrative and film. We will concentrate on different types of adaptation of novels and semi-autobiographical memoirs. Special attention will be devoted to comparing the narrative perspective of the written text with that of the lens, discussing the opportunities afforded by the different media for drawing attention to the themes of the creative works, important experiences, atmosphere and ways of challenging expectations. A further emphasis is on the creation of a historically specific time and a sense of place, ranging from post-war Vienna, India, Africa and the transformations of Great Britain.
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Details

max. 20 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 11.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 18.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 25.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 15.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 22.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 29.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 06.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 13.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 20.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 27.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 03.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 10.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 17.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 24.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

- to compare the narrative modes and narrative perspectives of fiction and film
- to discuss the importance of major decisions in fleshing out details (setting, character) that are only hinted at by the text
- to explore the significance of changes to the narrative made by the films

Examination topics

Reading list

(1) Film: The Third Man, dir. Carol Reed (1949)
(1) Novella: Graham Greene, “The Third Man” (written in preparation for Greene’s screenplay for the film)
(2) Novel: E.M. Forster, A Passage to India (1924)
(2) Film: A Passage to India, dir. David Lean (1984)
(3) Memoir: Elspeth Huxley, The Flame Trees of Thika: Memoirs of an African Childhood (1959)
(3) Film: The Flame Trees of Thika (BBC mini-series, 1981)
(4) Novel: Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day (1989)
(4) Film: The Remains of the Day, dir. James Ivory (1993)
(5) Memoir: Jane Wilde Hawking, Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen (2008)
(5) Film: The Theory of Everything, dir. James Marsh (2014)

Association in the course directory

Studium: UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-322; BA 09.2; MA6, MA7
Lehrinhalt: 12-0405

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