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COM 372

Spring 2007

 Hugh McCarney
B 213
837-8254
Email: mccarneyh@wcsu.edu

Texts:

Cahir, L. (2006). Literature into film: Theory and practical approaches. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland& Company.

Harrison, S. (2005). Adaptations: From short story to big screen: 35 great stories that have inspired great films. New York: Three Rivers Press.

Paper Choices

Useful Links:

Films based on literature (Google "Literature to Film")
  • Based on the Book http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/movie.cfm
  • OCLC 2005 Books into Film http://www.oclc.org/research/top1000/film.htm
  • Teenreads.com Books into Movies http://www.teenreads.com/features/books2movies.asp

    • Literature on line:
  • Classic Bookshelf http://www.classicbookshelf.com/library/
  • american literature.com http://www.americanliterature.com/ARCHIVES/ARCHIVES.HTML
  • Online Books Page, UPenn http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
  • Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org
  • Irish Literature Texts http://www.ireland-information.com/irishliterature.htm#free
  • The eText Archive http://www.etext.org/index.shtml
  • Read Print http://www.readprint.com/

    • APA Style (Documentation) APA Form (Paper layout and conventions) Library Card Catalog WestConduit OpenCLose Google

    SCHEDULE

    1/25
    		 Read selections from "The fall of the House of Usher" (in class) The fall of the House of Usher (PN1993.5.U6T742000) (Film)
    http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/932 (Text)
    2/1 Read Cahir, "The nature of film translation," pp. 13-43.
    Submit list of four films and the titles on which they are based for the four papers.    		 Short Cuts (Not in Library)
    Text, p. 15
    2/8
    		 Read Cahir, "Short stories into film," pp. 186-234. Rear Window (PN1997 .R31 1998)
    Text, p.67
    Paper 1 Due
    2/15
    		 Read Cahir, "The language of film and its relation to the language of literature," pp. 44-71. Stagecoach (PS3515.A9327S75 1985)
    Text, p. 218
    2/12 Read Cahir, Novels into film and an aesthetic rubric for film translations of literature," pp. 97-143. Smoke Signals (PN1997 .S617 1998 )
    Text, p.244
    3/1
    		 Read Cahir, "Writing about film," pp.235-262. American Splendor (Not in Library)
    Text, p. 261
    3/8 All About Eve (PN1997.A4 1988)
    Text, p. 284
    Paper 2
    3/15 Bringing Up Baby (PN1997 .R313 1992)
    Text, p. 370
    3/22 Spring Break
    3/29
    		 Memento (PN1997 .M451 2002)
    Text, p. 451
    4/5
    		 Christmas Story (Not in Library)
    Text, p. 473
    Paper 3
    4/12
    		 Read at least one chapter of the novel Grapes of Wrath (PN1997 .G66 1996 (Reserve))
    PS3537.T3234 G8 1939
    4/19
    		 Read at least one chapter of the novel Farenheit 451 (PS3503.R17F241 1985)
    Text not in Library
    4/26
    		 Read at least one chapter of the novel
    		Godfather (Text not in Library)
    PN1995.9.A3 G63 1990
    5/3
    		 Read at least one chapter of the novel Blade Runner (PN1995.9.S26 B5 1999)
    PS3554.I3 D6 1996
    Paper 4
    5/10 Read at least one chapter of the novel
    		Age of Innocence (PN1997 .A3115 1993)
    PS3545.H16 A35 1968

    Written Work:

    You are asked to write four papers, each on a different pair of works. The nine films shown in class are not available, but the remaining 26 stories in the text are available. Links at the top of the syllabus may provide other works for analysis. The films must be narratives, regardless of the literary form they come from.

    Each discussion should begin with an identification of the type of translation that identifies the relationship between the works, and then to identify the variations between the works, and discuss their importance.

    GRADES: The Midterm grade is based on the first two papers . The final grade will be the average of the best three grades.


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