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ENGL2067 Classic Novel into Film

Later Year Course

Offered By School of Cultural Inquiry
Academic Career Undergraduate
Course Subject English
Offered in Second Semester, 2011
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

An exploration of four 19th Century novels and how they have been turned into movies. The set texts will be Jane Austen's Persuasion, Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady and R.L. Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Learning Outcomes On satisfying the requirements for this course students will have enhanced analytical and critical skills, broadened their historical understanding, grasped the basics of film adaptation techniques and theory, and informed knowledge of some major texts from the period.
Indicative Assessment

Written assessments totally 4,000 words.

Workload

20 hours of lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week and a number of film viewing sessions of up to 2 1/2 hours.

Normally students could expect to spend 8 hours per week on work related to this course.

Areas of Interest English
Eligibility

Successful completion of two First Year English Courses or comparable expertise in historical and cultural studies.

Assumed Knowledge and
Required Skills
Those relevant to the courses indicated under 'eligibility' above.
Requisite Statement

Any two First Year English courses or FILM1002 and FILM1003.

Prescribed Texts

L. Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

J. Austen, Persuasion

R.L. Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

H, James, Portrait of a Lady

and selected film adaptations of each novel.

 

Preliminary Reading

* Tolstoy, L. Anna Karenina,
* James, H. The Portrait of a Lady

Indicative Reading List

Deborah Cartmell, Imelda Whelehan, (Ed.'s) The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen.

There will be an extensive guide to secondary reading in the Course Guide.

 

Majors/Specialisations English, Cinemedia, and Film Studies
Programs Bachelor of Arts (New Media Arts)
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