Adaptation and Appropriation (The New Critical Idiom)

From the apparently simple adaptation of a text into film, theatre or a new literary work, to the more complex appropriation of style or meaning, it is arguable that all texts are somehow connected to a network of existing texts and art forms. Adaptation and Appropriation explores:  multiple definitions and practices of adaptation and appropriation the cultural and aesthetic politics behind the impulse to adapt  diverse ways in which contemporary literature and film adapt, revise and reimagine other works of art  the impact on adaptation and appropriation of theoretical movements, including structuralism, post-structuralism, postcolonialism, postmodernism, feminism and gender studies  the appropriation across time and across cultures of specific canonical texts, but also of literary archetypes such as myth or fairy tale.  Ranging across genres and harnessing concepts from fields as diverse as musicology and the natural sciences, this volume brings clarity to the complex debates around adaptation and appropriation, offering a much-needed resource for those studying literature, film or culture.

Sanders, Julie

Reference

Routledge

From the apparently simple adaptation of a text into film, theatre or a new literary work, to the more complex appropriation of style or meaning, it is arguable that all texts are somehow connected to a network of existing texts and art forms. Adaptation and Appropriation explores: <ul>
<li>multiple definitions and practices of adaptation and appropriation</li> <li>the cultural and aesthetic politics behind the impulse to adapt </li> <li>diverse ways in which contemporary literature and film adapt, revise and reimagine other works of art </li> <li>the impact on adaptation and appropriation of theoretical movements, including structuralism, post-structuralism, postcolonialism, postmodernism, feminism and gender studies </li> <li>the appropriation across time and across cultures of specific canonical texts, but also of literary archetypes such as myth or fairy tale. </li>
</ul>
Ranging across genres and harnessing concepts from fields as diverse as musicology and the natural sciences, this volume brings clarity to the complex debates around adaptation and appropriation, offering a much-needed resource for those studying literature, film or culture.

Novel Shakespeares: Twentieth-Century Women Novelists and Appropriation

Much recent contemporary fiction by women has appropratied themes and plot structures found in Shakespearean drama; Novel Shakespeare is an innovative study of a number of these texts. Environmental theory, the Hollywood and Bollywood film industries, detective fiction, children's literature, and the politics of postcolonialsim, are examined. Offering stimulating critical analyses for students of Shakespeare, contemporary fiction, and gender studies, this work provides a pertinent introduction to the emergent genre of appropriation.

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Manchester University Press

This is a study of the rich and diverse range of musical responses to Shakespeare that have taken place from the seventeenth century onwards. Written from a literary perspective, the book explores the many genres and contexts in which Shakespeare and his work have enjoyed a musical afterlife discussing opera, ballet, and classical symphony alongside musicals and film soundtracks, as well as folk music and hip-hop traditions. Taking as its starting point ideas of creativity and improvisation stemming from early modern baroque practices and the more recent example of twentieth-century jazz adaptation, this volume explores the many ways in which Shakespeares plays and poems have been re-worked by musical composers. It also places these cultural productions in their own historical moment and context. Adaptation studies is a fast emerging field of scholarship and as a contribution to this field, Shakespeare and Music: Afterlives and Borrowings:      develops theories and practices from adaptation studies to think about musical responses to Shakespeare across the centuries   brings together in an exciting intellectual encounter ideas and methodologies deriving from literary criticism, theatre history, film studies, and musicology   explores music in its widest context, looking at classical symphonies including the work of Berlioz and Elgar and operas by Verdi and Britten as well as Broadway musicals, film scores by Shostakovich, Walton, and contemporary performers, and the jazz adaptations of Duke Ellington and others.   This is a timely study that will appeal to a wide readership from lovers of Shakespeare and classical music through to students of film and historians of the theatre.

Shakespeare and Music: Afterlives and Borrowings (Cultural Perception of Shakespeare)

Arts & Photography

Music

Polity

Shakespeare and Music: Afterlives and Borrowings

This introduction to the core areas of English Literature is combined with a helpful study skills guide. It provides students with the knowledge and essential skills to communicate effectively and participate fully in their degree course.Written in a lucid manner by two experienced lecturers in the subject, the book places special emphasis on what it will feel like to adjust to new environments and new intellectual expectations.

Get Set for English Literature (Get Set for University)

Amigoni, David

British & Irish

Edinburgh University Press

A former racist skinhead examines aspects of his past: Where did the hate begin? How did a teenaged alcoholic become a central figure in the white power movement of the late 80s and early 90s? What happened to bring about his drastic change of mind and heart? With a collection of reflective essays, disturbing flashbacks, and an interview, My Life After Hate scrubs scabs off the festering wound of racism, then soothes with the essential wisdom of forgiveness and compassion. The Teacher's Edition of My Life After Hate, developed in the classroom by special education teacher Julie Sanders, engages at-risk students and challenges them to take responsibility for their actions. Using discussion and writing prompts that follow Common Core College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards, My Life After Hate: Teacher's Edition combines character and literacy development to produce a curriculum capable of changing the course of human lives. "Although their particular life experiences may differ from Arno's, many young readers will discover their own feelings reflected in his memories. Arno's honest discussion of his past can lead the way for readers to reconsider how they are living in the present and who they want to become in the future. The writing prompts and other pedagogical devices included in this teachers' edition empower both students and educators to use Arno's story to impact their own lives and the lives of others in their communities." ~Jody M. Roy, Ph.D., Professor of Communication, Ripon College; 2005 Carnegie/CASE Wisconsin Professor of the Year; 2004 National Speakers Association Jeanne Robertson Award for Professor of the Year; author, Love to Hate: America's Obsession with Hatred and Violence; co-author, Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead: The Frank Meeink Story

My Life After Hate: Teacher's Edition

Education & Teaching

Michaelis IV, Arno Arr

Schools & Teaching

Life After Hate

Literary geographies is an exciting new area of interdisciplinary research. Innovative and engaging, this book applies theories of landscape, space and place from the discipline of cultural geography within an early modern historical context. Different kinds of drama and performance are analyzed: from commercial drama by key playwrights to household masques and entertainment performed by families and in semi-official contexts. Sanders provides a fresh look at works from the careers of Ben Jonson, John Milton and Richard Brome, paying attention to geographical spaces and habitats like forests, coastlines and arctic landscapes of ice and snow, as well as the more familiar locales of early modern country estates and city streets and spaces. Overall, the book encourages readers to think about geography as kinetic, embodied and physical, not least in its literary configurations, presenting a key contribution to early modern scholarship.

The Cultural Geography of Early Modern Drama, 1620–1650

Dramas & Plays

Cambridge University Press

The Cambridge Introduction to Early Modern Drama, 1576–1642 (Cambridge Introductions to Literature)

Engaging and stimulating, this Introduction provides a fresh vista of the early modern theatrical landscape. Chapters are arranged according to key genres (tragedy, revenge, satire, history play, pastoral and city comedy), punctuated by a series of focused case studies on topics ranging from repertoire to performance style, political events to the physical body of the actor, and from plays in print to the space of the playhouse. Julie Sanders encourages readers to engage with particular dramatic moments, such as opening scenes, skulls on stage or the conventions of disguise, and to apply the materials and methods contained in the book in inventive ways. A timeline and frequent cross-references provide continuity. Always alert to the possibilities of performance, Sanders reveals the remarkable story of early modern drama not through individual writers, but through repertoires and company practices, helping to relocate and re-imagine canonical plays and playwrights.

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Adaptation and Appropriation (The New Critical Idiom)

Adaptation and Appropriation (The New Critical Idiom)

Novel Shakespeares: Twentieth-Century Women Novelists and Appropriation

Novel Shakespeares: Twentieth-Century Women Novelists and Appropriation

Shakespeare and Music: Afterlives and Borrowings (Cultural Perception of Shakespeare)

Shakespeare and Music: Afterlives and Borrowings

Get Set for English Literature (Get Set for University)

My Life After Hate: Teacher's Edition

The Cultural Geography of Early Modern Drama, 1620–1650

The Cambridge Introduction to Early Modern Drama, 1576–1642 (Cambridge Introductions to Literature)