This course moves between writing and cinema, in different periods and with different emphases according to the instructor's expertise. Topics may include: adaptation from page to screen and adaptation theory; the relationship between print forms and early motion picture and between fiction and film; the construction of celebrity and spectatorship in print and movie cultures; questions of "fidelity," technology, silence and sound, literary prestige and film publicity. Reading-intensive course.
This course moves between writing and cinema, in different periods and with different emphases according to the instructor's expertise. Topics may include: adaptation from page to screen and adaptation theory; the relationship between print forms and early motion picture and between fiction and film; the construction of celebrity and spectatorship in print and movie cultures; questions of "fidelity," technology, silence and sound, literary prestige and film publicity. Reading-intensive course.
