Screen Adaptations: Great Expectations - A close study of the relationship between text and film

A close study of the relationship between text and film versions of Great Expectations .Literature and film studies students will find plenty of material tosupport their courses and essay writing on how the film versionsprovide different readings of the original text. Focussing on David Lean''s film of Great Expectations , thebook discusses: the literary text in its historical context, key themesand dominant readings of the text, how the text is adapted for screenand how adaptations have changed our reading of the original text.There are numerous excerpts from the literary text, screenplays andshooting scripts, with suggestions for comparison. The book alsofeatures quotations from authors, screenwriters, directors, critics andothers linked with the chosen film and text.

Info autore

Brian McFarlane is Honorary Associate Professor at Monash University, Australia. He is a distinguished figure in literature and film whose books include An Autobiography of British Cinema: As Told by the Filmmakers and Actors who Made It (1997), Novel to Film: an Introduction to the Theory of Adaptation (1996), The Cinema of Britain and Ireland (2005) and The Encyclopedia of British Film (2011).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Brian Mcfarlane, McFarlane Brian
• Con la collaborazione di: Deborah Cartmell (Editore)
• Editore: Methuen Drama
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2008
• EAN: 9780713679090
• ISBN: 978-0-7136-7909-0
• Pagine: 208
• Serie: Screen Adaptations; Screen Adaptations; Bloomsbury 3PL
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Films, cinema, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form