Analyzing Literature-to-Film Adaptations: A Novelist's Exploration and Guide

Critical questions specific to film adaptations need to be not only developed but established. And, these questions, these approaches, need to be accessible to students, who are not yet educationally sophisticated enough to digest purely theoretical material. Analyzing Literature-to-Film Adaptations: A Novelist's Exploration and Guide signifies an exploration into film adaptation from a novelists' perspective, from the author working with a screenwriter, embarking on a journey to understand the implications of literature-to-film adaptation and the complexities and problems it raises. Using wel. Read more... Introduction; Part One: The Creation and Study of Literature; Part Two: On Literature Becoming Film; Part Three: The Creation and Study of Film; Part Four: The Literature-to-Film Adaptation Conundrum; Appendix A1 "The Bear Came Over the Mountain": Formalist Questions for a Close Textual Reading of the Story; Appendix A2 Questions to Ask of Film -- Away from Her; Appendix A3 Questions of Away from Her (and its source text) -- To Discuss in Class; Appendix A4 Intertextual Comparison of a Literature-to-Film Adaptation; Appendix A5 Grade Sheet for Intertextual Comparison Paper