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Adaptation: Studying Film and Literature

by: Desmond, John; Hawkes, Peter

Adaptation: Studying Film and Literature

by: Desmond, John; Hawkes, Peter

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9780072822045
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007282204X
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 03/04/2005
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Summary

This concise and readable new text for courses in Film Adaptation or Film and Literature introduces students to the art of adapting works of literature for film.Adaptationdescribes the interwoven histories of literature and film, presents key analytical approaches to adaptation, and provides an in-depth overview of adaptations of novels, short stories, plays, nonfiction, and animation. The book concludes with an analysis of why adaptations sometimes fail.

Introduction

(1)

Why Study Film?

(1)

What Is Film Adaptation?

(1)

The Fidelity Issue

(1)

Classifying Adaptations

(1)

Advanced Inquiries

(1)

Some Limitations

(1)

Works Cited

(2)

Cinema's Turn to Narrative

(11)

Early Cinema History

(5)

Audiences, Production, and Distribution

(2)

Why Adapt a Text?

(3)

Works Cited

(1)

Literary and Film Terms

(16)

Literary Terms

(5)

Film Terms

(10)

Film Adaptation: The Case of Apples and Oranges

(16)

Unfixed to Fixed

(2)

Single to Multitracks

(3)

Story and Discourse

(1)

Is It Faithful or Not?

(3)

Status of Literature versus Film

(1)

Close, Loose, and Intermediate

(1)

The Auteur

(2)

Intertextuality

(1)

A Method of Comparison

(1)

Topics for Discussion

(1)

Works Cited

(2)

A Method for Studying Film Adaptation

(33)

``Spade and Archer,'' Chapter 1 of The Maltese Falcon (1930), by Dashiell Hammett

(6)

Analysis of Narrative Elements of ``Spade and Archer,'' Chapter 1 of The Maltese Falcon (1930)

(3)

Opening Sequence of The Maltese Falcon (1941), Directed by John Huston

(1)

The Continuity Script

(10)

Analysis of Film's Opening Sequence

(9)

The First Chapter and the Opening Sequence

(1)

Microcosmic and Macrocosmic Analyses

(1)

Topics for Discussion

(1)

Works Cited

(2)

The Novel

(44)

Some Fundamentals of Novel Adaptation

(14)

To Kill A Mockingbird (1960), by Harper Lee

(1)

To Kill A Mockingbird (1962), Directed by Robert Mulligan

100

(10)

The Novella

110

(1)

A River Runs Through It (1976), by Norman Maclean

111

(1)

A River Runs Through It (1992), Directed by Robert Redford

112

(5)

Summary

117

(1)

Topics for Discussion

118

(1)

Works Cited

119

(1)

Selected Filmography of Novel Adaptations

120

(5)

Novella Adaptations

125

(2)

The Short Story

127

(31)

Three Strategies for Expanding the Short Story into a Feature Film

128

(1)

``The Killers'' (1927), by Ernest Hemingway

129

(1)

The Killers (1946), Directed by Robert Siodmak

130

(3)

``The Swimmer'' (1964), by John Cheever

133

(1)

The Swimmer (1968), Directed by Frank Perry

134

(3)

``Memento Mori'' (2001), by Jonathan Nolan

137

(11)

Memento (2001), Directed by Christopher Nolan

148

(3)

Combining Strategies

151

(2)

Summary

153

(1)

Topics for Discussion

154

(1)

Works Cited

154

(1)

Selected Filmography of Short Story Adaptations

155

(3)

The Play

158

(30)

Drama and Fiction

159

(2)

Drama and Film

161

(2)

Opening Up a Play

163

(1)

A Soldier's Play (1982), by Charles Fuller

164

(1)

A Soldier's Story (1984), Directed by Norman Jewison

165

(3)

Murder Scene from Fuller's A Soldier's Play

168

(1)

Shot Analysis of Murder Scene from A Soldier's Story

169

(3)

Degrees of Opening Up

172

(8)

The Length of a Play

180

(2)

Summary

182

(1)

Topics for Discussion

183

(1)

Works Cited

183

(1)

Selected Filmography of Drama Adaptations

184

(4)

Nonfiction

188

(21)

``Investigating the Quiz Shows'' (1988), by Richard N. Goodwin

192

(2)

Quiz Show (1994), Directed by Robert Redford

194

(7)

In Cold Blood (1966), by Truman Capote

201

(1)

In Cold Blood (1967), Directed by Richard Brooks

202

(3)

Summary

205

(1)

Topics for Discussion

206

(1)

Works Cited

207

(1)

Selected Filmography of Nonfiction Adaptations

207

(2)

Animation

209

(22)

Some Fundamentals of Animation

210

(4)

``The Raven'' (1845), by Edgar Allan Poe

214

(4)

``The Raven,'' from ``Treehouse of Horror'' Episode of The Simpsons (1990), Directed by David Silverman

218

(4)

``The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' (1820), by Washington Irving

222

(1)

The Adventures of Ichabod (1949), Directed by Jack Kinney

223

(4)

Summary

227

(1)

Topics for Discussion

228

(1)

Works Cited

228

(1)

Selected Filmography of Animation Adaptations

229

(2)

The Failed Adaptation

231

(3)

Uncinematic Texts

233

(1)

Cinematic Misjudgments

234

(10)

The Great Gatsby (1974), Directed by Jack Clayton

244

(9)

Summary

253

(1)

Topics for Discussion

253

(1)

Works Cited

254

(1)

Selected Filmography of ``Failed'' Adaptations

255

Glossary

(1)

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