Redefining adaptation studies

Since Films Were First Produced, Adapted Works Have Predominantly Borrowed Primarily From Traditional Texts, Such As Novels And Plays. Likewise, The Study Of Film Adaptations Has Also Been Fairly Traditional, Rarely Venturing Beyond A Comparison Of The Source Material To Its Often Less Revered Counterpart. Redefining Adaptation Studies Breaks New Ground In Showing The Range Of Possibilities That Transcend The Literature/film Paradigm. These Essays Focus On The Idea Of 'adaptation' And What It Means In Different Socio-political Contexts. Above All, This Collection Shows How Cultural And Political Factors Determine The Meaning Of The Term And Its Potential For Developing New Approaches To Learning. The Contributors To This Volume Look At Adaptation In Different Contexts And Develop New Ways To Approach Adaptation, Not Just As A Literature-through-film Issue But As Something Which Can Be Used To Develop Other Skills, Such As Creative Writing And Personal And Social Skills. Aimed At Teachers In High Schools And Universities At The Under- And Postgraduate Levels, This Volume Not Only Suggests How 'adaptation' Might Be Used In Different Disciplines, But How It Might Improve The Learning Experience For Teachers And Students Alike.--back Cover. Introduction : How Should We Teach It? How Could We Teach It? / James M. Welsh -- Adapting Wilde For The Performance Classroom : No Small Parts / Frances Babbage ; With Robert Neumark Jones And Lauren Williams -- It Must All Change Now : Victor Hugo's Lucretia Borgia And Adaptation / Richard J. Hand -- Never Seek To Tell Thy Love : E-adapting Blake In The Classroom / Richard Berger -- Adaptation And Creative Writing : Brokeback Mountain On The London Underground / Mark O'thomas -- Pedagogy And Policy In Intermedial Adaptations / Freda Chapple -- Towards A Pedagogy For Adaptation Studies / Sevgi Şahin And Laurence Raw -- Writing The Adaptation : Teaching An Upper-division College Course For The Screenwriter / Diane Lake -- Whose Life Is It, Anyway? : Adaptation, Collective Memory, And (auto)biographical Processes / Suzanne Diamond -- The Numbers Game : Quantifying The Audience / Alexis Weedon -- Engaging The Ear : Teaching Radio Drama Adaptations / Elke Huwiler -- The Pleasures Of Theatre Film : Stage To Film Adaptation / Milan Pribisic. Edited By Dennis Cutchins, Laurence Raw, James M. Welsh. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Includes Filmography. Introduction : how should we teach it? how could we teach it? / James M. Welsh Adapting Wilde for the performance classroom : no small parts / Frances Babbage "It must all change now" : Victor Hugo's Lucretia Borgia and adaptation / Richard J. Hand Never seek to tell thy love : e-adapting Blake in the classroom / Richard Berger Adaptation and creative writing : Brokeback Mountain on the London underground / Mark O'Thomas Pedagogy and policy in intermedial adaptations / Freda Chapple Towards a pedagogy for adaptation studies / Sevgi Sahin and Laurence Raw Writing the adaptation : teaching an upper division college course for the screenwriter / Diane Lake Whose life is it, anyway? adaptation, collective memory, and (auto)biographical processes / Suzanne Diamond The numbers game : quantifying the audience / Alexis Weedon Teaching radio drama adaptations / Elke Huwiler The pleasures of "theatre film :" stage to film adaptation / Milan Pribisic.