Fifteen minute group presentation on adaptation

Presentation

Critical learning diary and close-reading of a textual extract (2,500 words or equivalent)

Portfolio

Week 1: Fairy tales 
Week 2: Adaptations of fairy tales
Week 3: Ovid ‘Metamorphoses’ 
Week 4: Timberlake Wertenbaker, Love of a Nightingale
Week 5: My Fair Lady (musical) and George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion
Week 6: Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet 
Week 7: Baz Luhrmann, Romeo and Juliet (film) 
Week 8: Critical diary tutorials
Week 9: Student presentations 
Week 10: Visit to the ‘Everyman Theatre’
Week 11: Poetry anthology – how to read a poem?
Week 12: Plenary

Critical Reading and Adaptation - 3110FNDENG

Critical Reading and Adaptation

Be able to communicate ideas about the adaptation of specific texts verbally and in writing

Reflect critically on own learning and close-reading skills

Understand basic theories of adaptation and form.