Topics In Film Genre: Adaptation

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This film criticism course examines the adaptation of literary works for both film and television. Considering plays, novels, childrens literature, and graphic novels and their screen adaptations, we explore key scholarly questions about adaptation theory, such as fidelity to source text. Works studied may include: William Shakespeares Hamlet (including Haider), Jane Austens Emma, Arthur Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes series, Shirley Jacksons The Haunting of Hill House, J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series, and Black Panther.