COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

American Culture and Literature (English)

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EVRIM ERSÖZ KOÇ

Offered to

American Culture and Literature (English)

Course Objective

This course focuses on the adaptations of works into a wide range of genres and mediums. Considering the main concepts in adaptation studies, this course concentrates on how stories in plots are retold, reimagined, and adapted in different genres and mediums in various time periods.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Selected source texts and adaptations
Baggage, Frances. Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre: Performing Literature. Bloomsbury, 2019.
Corrigan, Timothy. Film and Literature: An Introduction and Reader. Prentice Hall, 1998.
Cutchins, Dennis et al. eds. The Routledge Companion to Adaptation. Routledge, 2018.
Hopton, Tricia, et al., eds. Pockets of Change: Adaptation and Cultural Transition. Lexington Books, 2011.
Hutcheon, Linda, A Theory of Adaptation. Routledge, 2006.
Leitch, Thomas, 'Adaptation Studies at a Crossroads', Adaptation, 1 (2008), 63-77.
Leitch, Thomas. Film Adaptations and Its Discontents: From Gone with the Wind to the Passions of the Christ. John Hopkins UP, 2009.
Leitch, Thomas. The Oxford Handbook of Adaptation Studies. Oxford UP, 2017.
Liapis, Vayos, and Avra Sidropoulou eds. Adapting Greek Tragedy: Contemporary Contexts for Ancient Texts. Cambridge UP, 2021.
MacCabe, Colin, Kathleen Murray, and Rick Warner, eds. True to the Spirit: Film Adaptation and the Question of Fidelity. Oxford UP, 2011.
Sanders, Julie, Adaptation and Appropriation. Routledge, 2005.
Stam, Robert and Raengo, Alessandra, eds. Literature and Film: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Film Adaptation. Blackwell, 2005.
Welsh, James M., and Peter Lev, eds. The Literature/Film Reader: Issues of Adaptation. Scarecrow Press, 2007.
Woltmann, Suzy. How Do Adaptations Awaken the Literary Canon: Transformative Reimaginings. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, text analysis, class discussions, visual presentations

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students are expected to
1. have critical perspectives on the significant issues discussed in the lectures
2. think analytically
3. refer to the primary texts to support their arguments.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Students are expected to
1. attend 70% of the course schedule.
2. participate in class discussions.
3. come to the classes having read the assigned text.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

evrim.ersoz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes