Teaching Literary Theory Using Film Adaptations

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This volume introduces ways to use film to ease the difficulty of introducing complex literary theories to students. By coupling works of literature with attendant films the author provides instructors with accessible avenues for encouraging classroom discussion. Literary theories covered include psychoanalytic criticism ( The Awakening
and film adaptations
The End of August
and
Grand Isle ), cultural criticism ( A Streetcar Named Desire
and the film adaptation of the same name), and thematic criticism ( Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood
and the film adaptation
Splendor in the Grass ). The work then offers a survey of the image patterns into which film adaptation theories can be grouped and how these theories relate to literary theory.