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6131ENGL-JAN-MTP
Aims
1. To introduce students to the field of adaptation studies.
2. Building on their existing understanding of postcolonial studies, enable students to critically engage with contemporary literary and non-literary representations of migrants and migration.
3. To enable students to explore intersections between adaptation studies and postcolonial studies.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Understand and critically discuss ways in which particular aspects of literary texts have been adapted for the screen;
2.
Critically engage with a range of contemporary literary and non-literary representations of migrants and migration;
3.
Demonstrate awareness of and engagement with key concepts and concerns in the fields of contemporary adaptation studies and contemporary postcolonial studies/world literature, and explore intersections between these fields of enquiry.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
In the first part of the module students will be introduced to key concepts and concerns in the field of adaptation studies as well as to recent debates about representations of migrants and migration (both in the field of postcolonial studies but also in wider discourse). Subsequent weeks will focus on particular works of contemporary fiction about migrants that have been adapted for the screen; in each case, both the adapted literary text and the screen adaptation will be studied.
Indicative primary texts include:
• Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient (novel 1992, film 1996)
• Yann Martel’s Life of Pi (novel 2001, film 2012)
• Monica Ali’s Brick Lane (novel 2003, film 2007)
• Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake (novel 2003, film 2006)
• Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner (novel 2003, film 2007)
• Andrea Levy’s Small Island (novel 2004, TV film 2009)
• Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist (novel 2007, film 2012)
In the first part of the module students will be introduced to key concepts and concerns in the field of adaptation studies as well as to recent debates about representations of migrants and migration (both in the field of postcolonial studies but also in wider discourse). Subsequent weeks will focus on particular works of contemporary fiction about migrants that have been adapted for the screen; in each case, both the adapted literary text and the screen adaptation will be studied.
Indicative primary texts include:
• Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient (novel 1992, film 1996)
• Yann Martel’s Life of Pi (novel 2001, film 2012)
• Monica Ali’s Brick Lane (novel 2003, film 2007)
• Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake (novel 2003, film 2006)
• Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner (novel 2003, film 2007)
• Andrea Levy’s Small Island (novel 2004, TV film 2009)
• Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist (novel 2007, film 2012)
Module Overview:
This module focuses on recent works of transnational fiction that have been adapted for the screen. Drawing on literary studies, film studies, adaptation studies, and postcolonial studies, you will examine novels about migrants alongside their film adaptations, considered as ‘migrants’ from page to screen.
This module focuses on recent works of transnational fiction that have been adapted for the screen. Drawing on literary studies, film studies, adaptation studies, and postcolonial studies, you will examine novels about migrants alongside their film adaptations, considered as ‘migrants’ from page to screen.
Additional Information:
Tools and concepts from the fields of contemporary adaptation studies and from contemporary postcolonial studies will be used to critically examine adapted literary texts and their screen adaptations, and these texts will be used to explore intersections between these fields of enquiry. In particular, students will be encouraged to explore the ways in which adaptations might themselves be considered ‘migrants’.
Tools and concepts from the fields of contemporary adaptation studies and from contemporary postcolonial studies will be used to critically examine adapted literary texts and their screen adaptations, and these texts will be used to explore intersections between these fields of enquiry. In particular, students will be encouraged to explore the ways in which adaptations might themselves be considered ‘migrants’.