Undergraduate Course: Filming the American Novel (LLLG07037)
Course Outline
School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
Summary | This is a for-credit course offered by the Office of Lifelong Learning (OLL); only students registered with OLL should be enrolled.
How do you turn a great novel into a great film? This course will study a selection of American texts which achieve this difficult feat, from Edith Wharton's 'The House of Mirth', through Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men' and Hemingway's 'For Whom the Bell Tolls', and finishing with Truman Capote's 'Breakfast at Tiffany's¿. |
Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
¿ apply relevant critical analysis to the individual texts and films studied in class;
¿ comparatively discuss the original literary texts and their film adaptation;
¿ analyse various adaptation strategies;
¿ reflect on the challenges of film adaptation.
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Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiser | Ms Martine Pierquin
Tel: (0131 6)51 1182
Email: m.pierquin@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Marie Craft
Tel: (0131 6)50 3943
Email: marie.craft@ed.ac.uk |
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