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Teaching literary theory using film adaptations / Kathleen L. Brown ; foreword by Peter Lev.

Brown, Kathleen L., 1947-
2009
PN1997.85 .B76 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Teaching literary theory using film adaptations / Kathleen L. Brown ; foreword by Peter Lev.
Author
Brown, Kathleen L., 1947-
ISBN
9780786439331 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0786439335 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Language
English
Description
v, 213 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Call Number
PN1997.85 .B76 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
801/.95
Summary
"Introduces ways to use film to introduce complex literary theories to students, coupling works of literature with attendant films to encourage classroom discussion. Includes psychoanalytic criticism, cultural criticism, and thematic criticism. Then offers a survey of the image patterns into which film adaptation theories can be grouped and how these theories relate to literary theory"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Teaching literary theory: pairing literary criticism with film adaptations. Psychoanalytic criticism: The awakening by Kate Chopin, The end of August (1982) and Grand Isle (1992) ; Cultural criticism: A streetcar named desire by Tennessee Williams, A streetcar named desire (1951) ; Thematic criticism: "Ode: intimations of immortality from recollections of early childhood" by William Wordsworth, Splendor in the grass (1961)
Teaching literary and adaptation theory. Classifying adaptations through image patterns
Conclusion.

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