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Adaptation studies : new challenges, new directions /

"Extending the boundaries of contemporary adaptation studies, this book brings together leading international scholars to survey new directions in the field. Re-thinking the key questions at the heart of the discipline, Adaptation Studies: New Directions, New Challenges explores a wide range of...

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Group Author: Bruhn, Jørgen.; Gjelsvik, Anne.; Hanssen, Eirik Frisvold.
Published:
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Literature > Adaptations > History and criticism.
Film adaptations > History and criticism.
Summary: "Extending the boundaries of contemporary adaptation studies, this book brings together leading international scholars to survey new directions in the field. Re-thinking the key questions at the heart of the discipline, Adaptation Studies: New Directions, New Challenges explores a wide range of perspectives and case studies in cross-media transformation."--Publisher's website.
Carrier Form: x, 292 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781441192660 (pbk.) :
1441192662 (pbk.)
9781441194671 (hardcover)
1441194673 (hardcover)
Index Number: PN171
CLC: J905
Call Number: J905/A221
Contents: Introduction / Jørgen Bruhn, Anne Gjelsvik, and Eirik Frisvold Hanssen. -- Part I: Rethinking the Core Questions. Theorizing Adaptations/Adapting Theories / Kamilla Elliott ; Adaptation and Adaptive Revision: The Problem of Textual Identity / John Bryant ; Dialogizing Adaptation Studies: From One Way Transport to a Dialogic Process / Jørgen Bruhn ; Adaptation as Connection: Transmediality Reconsidered / Regina Schober ; Adaptations within the Field of Media Transformations / Lars Elleström ; Imaginary Museums: André Bazin, Film Theory and Adaptation / Eirik Frisvold Hanssen ; What Movies Want / Tom Leitch. -- Part II: Theorizing the Case-Study. The Medium Strikes Back: 'Impossible Adaptation' Revisited / Hajnal Kiraly ; 'Pre-Texts': The Notebook Case (Bergman) / Anna Sofia Rossholm ; Tracing the Original: The Film Invictus and "Based on a True Story" Adaptation / Sara Brinch ; What Novels Can Tell That Movies Can't Show / Anne Gjelsvik ; Literature Through Radio: Distance, Silence and Media Archaeology: The War of the Worlds 1938/1898 / Jonas Ingvarsson.

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