Module overview
Linked modules
FILM1001 or FILM2006
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- conduct independently a range of relevant research in support of your work.
- write critically, reflectively and cogently about the central debates in a specialised area of study.
- evaluate and draw on appropriate secondary sources to inform and enlarge written contributions
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- key intellectual debates regarding authorship of adaptations.
- demonstrate an understanding of adaptation theory and a critical awareness of the scholarly debates regarding film adaptation.
- selected recent adaptations that have been significant for their critical success, box-office success and/or cultural impact.
- the intellectual, cultural and production contexts that have influenced the ways we understand, appreciate and analyze adaptations.
- the politics of gender, race, and class that these films and their sources raise.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- integrate textual analysis of both the source text and the film text that comprise an adaptation.
- critically situate the specific film adaptations in their cultural and historical context.
- conduct a comparative analysis of different critical approaches to film adaptation
Syllabus
In this unit you will examine both ‘classic’ and 'popular' novel adaptations, alongside remediations of at least one of the following: television, videogames, comic book, biography, social media. The course will develop your theoretical understanding of authorship, identity, intertextuality, genre, remediation, world building and the politics of adaptation. You will consider the source texts and their relationships to the films in order to examine how the adaptations engage with their cultural context.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching methods include:
1) lectures that will introduce the theories of adaptation, as well as the specific texts and the relevant issues of their cultural context
2) seminars in which group discussion will further develop specific issues arising from the texts and for which the lectures and reading will have provided some preparation
3) screenings of films assigned and clips shown from additional relevant films
4) opportunities for individual consultation with tutor at identified times during the week
Learning activities include:
1) independent study and careful reading, viewing and consideration of assigned texts
2) participation in seminar discussions both as leader and listener/speaker who is able to engage with and respond to alternative viewpoints and questions
3) preparation for and completion of two coursework essays
Type | Hours |
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Independent Study | 126 |
Teaching | 24 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Thomas Leitch (2017). The Oxford Handbook of Adaptation Studies. Oxford University Press.
Linda Hutcheon (2013). A Theory of Adaptation. Routledge.
Assessment
Assessment strategy
The two essay assignments will assess your knowledge and understanding that you have developed through lectures, readings, and seminars.
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Analytical essay | 40% |
Analytical essay | 60% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Analytical essay | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 60% |
Analytical essay | 40% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External