Novel Images: Literature in Performance - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415091039 ISBN 13 : 9780415091039

Editeur : Routledge, 1993

Synopsis

Animated images of literature are seldom ideologically neutral; inevitably they present a specific political or cultural agenda and are designed to encourage a particular set of responses. Yet rarely are we aware of these hidden systems of meaning. Written specifically with the student in mind and focusing on a number of well-known texts, including "Les Liaisons Dangereuses", "Nicholas Nickleby", "Nice Work", and "The Color Purple", the contributors to this book demonstrate how we can look critically at literary adaptations and learn to distinguish between mythical images and the reality of the processes that constructed them. Adaptations must not be marginalized; they argue that through them we can enter into an exciting debate with the literary text itself. "Novel Images" is aimed at all teachers and students of literature, film, theatre, and television as well as cultural studies specialists.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Written specifically with the student in mind and focusing on a number of well-known texts, including Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Nicholas Nickleby, Nice Work and The Color Purple, the contributions in this book demonstrate how we can look critically at literary adaptations and learn to distinguish between mythical images and the reality of the process that constructed them. They argue that adaptations should not be seen as secondary or marginal, because through them we can enter into an exciting debate with the literary text itself. Originally published in 1993.

Biographie de l'auteur

Peter Reynolds is Professor of Theatre Studies in the School of English at Newcastle University, UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415091039
• ISBN 13: 9780415091039
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Éditeur: Reynolds Peter
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible