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 to support their courses and essay writing on how the film versions provide different readings of the original text.
Focussing on David Lean's film of Great Expectations, the book discusses: the literary text in its historical context, key themes and dominant readings of the text, how the text is adapted for screen and how adaptations have changed our reading of the original text.
There are numerous excerpts from the literary text, screenplays and shooting scripts, with suggestions for comparison. The book also features quotations from authors, screenwriters, directors, critics and others linked with the chosen film and text.
1113628957
Literature and film studies students will find plenty of material to support their courses and essay writing on how the film versions provide different readings of the original text.
Focussing on David Lean's film of Great Expectations, the book discusses: the literary text in its historical context, key themes and dominant readings of the text, how the text is adapted for screen and how adaptations have changed our reading of the original text.
There are numerous excerpts from the literary text, screenplays and shooting scripts, with suggestions for comparison. The book also features quotations from authors, screenwriters, directors, critics and others linked with the chosen film and text.
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 to support their courses and essay writing on how the film versions provide different readings of the original text.
Focussing on David Lean's film of Great Expectations, the book discusses: the literary text in its historical context, key themes and dominant readings of the text, how the text is adapted for screen and how adaptations have changed our reading of the original text.
There are numerous excerpts from the literary text, screenplays and shooting scripts, with suggestions for comparison. The book also features quotations from authors, screenwriters, directors, critics and others linked with the chosen film and text.
Literature and film studies students will find plenty of material to support their courses and essay writing on how the film versions provide different readings of the original text.
Focussing on David Lean's film of Great Expectations, the book discusses: the literary text in its historical context, key themes and dominant readings of the text, how the text is adapted for screen and how adaptations have changed our reading of the original text.
There are numerous excerpts from the literary text, screenplays and shooting scripts, with suggestions for comparison. The book also features quotations from authors, screenwriters, directors, critics and others linked with the chosen film and text.
30.95
Out Of Stock
5
1
Screen Adaptations: Great Expectations: A close study of the relationship between text and film
208
Screen Adaptations: Great Expectations: A close study of the relationship between text and film
208Related collections and offers
30.95
Out Of Stock
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780713679090 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publication date: | 04/30/2008 |
| Series: | Screen Adaptations |
| Pages: | 208 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.60(d) |
About the Author
From the B&N Reads Blog