| Course Title: Advanced Courses in History and Theory: 'Adaptation: A Study in Form' |
| Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2024 |
| Description: The Oxford English Dictionary defines "adaptation" as "the bringing of two things together so as to effect a change in the nature of the objects." Rather than studying adaptation as a project that attempts to reproduce an original work in another medium, our course considers the complex relationship between narratives and their retellings and revisions. In particular, we will focus on how such retellings permanently alter their so-called "source" material and how each incarnation of a given narrative offers us insight into and commentary upon a particular historical moment and its unique political and ideological challenges. We will also consider the ways in which literary and visual representations differ in their communicative and affective mechanisms, and challenge where we draw the line between "art," "history," and "entertainment." |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Amy Rodgers | 413-538-3038 | arodgers@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024 | Seminar | Wednesday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 107 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in English or in Film, Media, Theater. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| FMT0004 | FMT-CR: Critical Studies | This course has been approved to count towards the Film, Media, Theater major in the Critical Studies area. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| FMT-330AD-01 Adaptation: A Study in Form |
| ENGL-367AD-01 Adaptation: A Study in Form |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 17 | Available: 1 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: The Tempest Author: Shakespeare, William Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780451527127 Publisher: Signet Classics |
Required | 4.95 |
| Title: A Tempest Author: Cesare, Aime Copyright: 2002 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781559362108 Publisher: Theatre Communication Group/TGC Translations |
Required | 8.99 |
| Title: Watchmen Author: Moore, and Gibbons, Alan and Dave Copyright: 2019 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781779501127 Publisher: DC Comics |
Required | 14.99 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |