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The Theory and Pedagogy of Literary Adaptation<\/strong>
\nLLED 565A, Summer Session 1A\/B (May and June) 2012
\nNote unusual scheduling: Monday 4:30-8:30 (see “Course Format” below)
\nInstructor: Dr. T. Dobson
\nTentative Syllabus<\/a> [3 February 2012]<\/p>\n

Course Description<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cartmell, Corrigan and Whelehan (2008) observe that while screen adaptations of literature have been in existence since the beginning of cinema, they have been met with varied reception and for many years were not deemed a subject worthy of academic study. More recently, however, the value of adaptations has been recognized and the field of adaptation studies has been growing. Leitch (2010) observes that adaptation study has been “ever more powerfully theorized over the past ten years” by scholars who are “throwing out the old duality between sources and adaptations and redefining adaptation as part of an intertextual process that is responsible for the production of all texts,” thereby treating “every text as something to be adapted” (p. 9). For teachers and students of literature at any level, this is an important pluralistic approach.<\/p>\n

This graduate seminar examines the phenomenon of adaptation, considering both cross-cultural and cross-genre adaptations. It will include consideration primarily of adaptations of literary texts into different artistic media such as theatre, film, painting, musical composition and animation. Depending on the interests of participants, we may consider other forms of adaptation such as translation, abridgement, historical adaptation, and so on. We will discuss issues of authority, authenticity, repositioning of canonical texts, hybridity, displacement of established interpretations, representations of difference, and adaptation as imitation or intervention.<\/p>\n

Readings will be drawn largely from literature in adaptation studies and will be freely available primarily through the UBC library databases or open-access journals. In addition to readings, we will consider literary adaptations in a range of media. Students will have opportunity to participate in selection of readings and adaptations most suited to their interests.
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      Cartmell, D., Corrigan, T., and Whelehan, I. (2008). Introduction to Adaptation. Adaptation, 1(1), 63-77. Available: http:\/\/adaptation.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/1\/1\/1.short<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n

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        Leitch, T.M. (2010). How to Teach Film Adaptations, and Why. In J.M. Welsh, L. Raw, and D. Cutchins (eds.), The Pedagogy of Adaptations, p. 1-20. Maryland: Scarecrow Press.<\/ol>\n

        Course Format<\/strong><\/p>\n

        This is a condensed, mixed-mode<\/strong> course offered in May and June over six weeks. The class will meet for four hours on Monday evenings (4:30-8:30). The remainder of the class hours will take the form of online activities comprised primarily of contributions to a weblog. Final projects may take the form of traditional analytical essays or literary adaptation in a range of media. Students must have access to a computer in order to participate in online activities and to access readings. Students considering enrolling in the course who would like to attempt an alternate-format final project such as a video adaptation should obtain and familiarize themselves with digital video editing software in advance of the course. A membership to Netflix will be recommended for ease of access to film adaptations. (Free one-month memberships are available for new subscribers.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        The Theory and Pedagogy of Literary Adaptation LLED 565A, Summer Session 1A\/B (May and June) 2012 Note unusual scheduling: Monday 4:30-8:30 (see “Course Format” below) Instructor: Dr. T. Dobson Tentative Syllabus [3 February 2012] Course Description Cartmell, Corrigan and Whelehan (2008) observe that while screen adaptations of literature have been in existence since the beginning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/adapt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/adapt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/adapt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/adapt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/adapt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/adapt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/adapt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/adapt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}