Screening Text Critical Perspectives on Film Adaptation

• Other Authors: Wells-Lassagne, Shannon 1972- (Editor), Hudelet, Ariane 1975- (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2013; ©2013
• Subjects: Film adaptations > History and criticism; Motion pictures and literature; Motion picture authorship
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• Physical Description: vi, 247 pages 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-243) and indexes.
• ISBN: 9780786472307

Rather than limiting the cinema, as certain French New Wave critics feared, adaptation can give new inspiration to explore the possibilities of the intersection of text and film. This collection of essays covers various aspects of adaptation studies--questions of genre and myth, race and gender, readaptation, and pedagogical and practical approaches.