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On this module you will explore the concept of genre, the process of adaptation, the cultural significance of literary texts and films, the cultural contexts of ‘original’ literary texts, the refractions of the texts into new historical moments and social/political contexts and key issues in the theory of adaptation. Texts may include: Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein (1818) and a range of adaptations from James Whale’s famous cinematic adaptation (1931) to the recent television series Penny Dreadful (2014-2016); William Shakespeare’s Macbeth (1606) and its film adaptations; and the recent film / comics A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014). We will explore the difference between ‘appropriation’ and ‘adaptation’, the persistency of ‘fidelity discourse’ and look at the vexed questions of revision, remaking and intertextuality.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to:
LO1: Identify the historical contexts in which each literary text emerged;
LO2: recognise the continuing cultural impact of canonical literary texts;
LO3: critically compare and contrast literary texts with their film adaptations;
LO4: use adaptation theory to critically discuss literary adaptions.