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Program of American Culture and Literature (English)

ACL476

ADAPTATION STUDIES

Course Code
ACL476
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
4
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS4
Name of Lecturer(s) -
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Recognize texts adapted to the screen and/or television.
  2. Analyze adaptations.
  3. Discuss adaptations in relation to the problematics of fidelity to the source.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionThe aim of this course is to discuss the emergence and development of Adaptation Studies and to introduce the related theoretical approaches. The process of how literary texts are adapted to the screen and/or television is exemplified and evaluated critically.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction: What is Adaptation?; The Emergence and Development of Adaptation Studies
2nd Week Theories on Adaptation
3rd Week Theories on Adaptation
4th Week Contemporary Approaches
5th Week Conference Leave - No Classes (Make-up to be announced in due course)
6th Week Literary Adaptations
7th Week Literary Adaptations
8th Week Midterm
9th Week Historical Adaptations
10th Week Historical Adaptations
11th Week Biographical Adaptations
12th Week Biographical Adaptations
13th Week Film Analysis
14th Week Work Towards Group Projects
15th Week Presentation of Group Projects
Recommended or Required ReadingSelected articles and book chapters.

Bingham, Dennis. Whose Lives Are They Anyway?: The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre. Rutgers UP, 2010.
Cartmell, Deborah, ed. Adaptations: From Text to Screen, Screen to Text. Routledge, 1999.
---, ed. Classics in Film and Fiction. Pluto, 2000.
---, ed. A Companion to Literature, Film, and Adaptation. Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
Naremore, James, ed. Film Adaptation. Rutgers UP, 2000.
Pellow, C. Kenneth. Films as Critiques of Novels: Transformational Criticism. Edwin Mellen, 1994.
Raw, Laurence, and Defne Ersin Tutan, eds. The Adaptation of History: Essays on Ways of telling the Past. Jefferson, McFarland, 2013.
Sheen, Erica. The Classic Novel from Page to Screen. Manchester UP; 2000.
Sinyard, Neil. Filming Literature: The Art of Screen Adaptation. Croom Helm, 1988.
Stam, Robert. Literature through Film: Realism, Magic, and the Art of Adaptation. Blackwell, 2005.
Stam, Robert, and Alessandra Raengo, eds. Literature and Film: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Film Adaptation. Blackwell, 2005.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Project
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 25
Quiz 5 10
Project 1 25
Total(%) 60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz 5 5 25
Individual or group work 14 2 28
Preparation for Final exam 1 10 10
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 10 10
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework
Term Project Research 1 10 10
Total Work Load129
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4.3
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of InstructionEnglish
Work Placement(s)No

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