Screen LibraryGreat adaptations : screenwriting and global storytelling /
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 259 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-245) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781138949188 1138949183 9781138949171 1138949175 |
| Index Number: | PN1997 |
| CLC: | J903 |
| Call Number: | J903/K898 |
| Contents: | pt. I: Introducing adaptation -- Creative issues: where do ideas come from? -- Career issues: writers' and producers' standpoints -- The ethics and aesthetics of adaptation -- pt.II: Applying screenplay principles to adaptation -- Plot -- Setting -- Characters and character relationships -- Dialogue -- Structure: heroes and heroines - where are we going? -- pt. III: A survival guide to adaptation -- The process -- pt. IV: Renewing the spirit in myths and fairy tales -- Fairy tale factors: from spindle to Kindle -- The beasts: from Cocteau to cable -- pt. V: Global storytelling revisited -- Stories without borders -- Regional vs. international perspectives: universalizing regional stories -- pt. VI: Modern perspectives on romance -- Love and romance adaptations -- pt. VII: Bringing up the classics -- From Ancient Greece to Hollywood and Nollywood -- Chunhyang, Orpheus, and other myths -- Keeping it literary in China -- pt VIII: Embracing and rethinking structure -- Timing the times -- Alternative focus topics for the story of Malcolm X -- pt IX: Censorship -- Retelling, limited -- pt. X: Future adaptations. |