ENGL3700
10 units
3000 level
Course handbook
Description
The course will explore traditional adaptations from novel to film, or Shakespeare to screen, alongside translations of texts across different media types, including television, comics, games, and poetry. Students will be encouraged to identify differences and similarities between a text and its adaptation(s), as well as looking beyond the concept of ‘fidelity’ to ask how else an adaptation might be working.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 2 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Interpret literary and other texts at an advanced undergraduate level.
2. Identify distinct techniques of different forms and genres.
3. Analyse and describe the process of adaptation as revealed in specific examples.
4. Apply critical reasoning, creative thinking, and problem-solving skills to ask and answer complex questions about adaptation.
5. Design and deliver an effective and efficient oral presentation.
Content
The course will focus on a small number of texts in a range of genres and styles, some of which might be award-winning or have achieved cult status, some of which might be more obscure or experimental. It will require consideration of the historical and cultural contexts of each text, as well as developments in textual forms.
Assumed knowledge
The successful completion of 20 units of English or Film Studies at the 1000 level.
Assessment items
Written Assignment: Scene Analysis (2000 words)
Project: Adaptation Project (2000 words)
Presentation: Project Presentation
Journal: Discussion Papers
Contact hours
Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan
Seminar-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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