HONOR 378

Honors - Literature Adapted into Film

This course analyzes the process, challenges, failures, and successes of adapting literary and stage material into film. It compares faithful and unfaithful adaptations through reading the original texts and viewing the adapted films with an awareness of their historical and cultural contexts. The course examines intention, creative distinctions, as well as limits and strengths of each medium. This course requires at least one research essay proposing and justifying details for an adaptation and including appropriate MLA documentation. This course is the same as ENGLT 488. This course, under either name, may be taken one time for credit.

Units: 3.0

Hours: 54 hours LEC