Adaptation: Literature, Film and Society

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 18.03.11

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Teaching Situation and Content Objectives
  3. Unit Content
  4. Teaching Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Appendix
  7. Resources
  8. Notes

Filmic Adaptations of Mid-Century Bildungsromans Using The Catcher in the Rye and The Bell Jar

Tara Cristin McKee

Published September 2018

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Notes

  1. "Bildungsroman."  The Oxford Companion to English Literature, edited by Birch, Dinah. Oxford University Press, 2009. Accessed June 10, 2018. http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780192806871.001.0001/acref-9780192806871-e-798.
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  3. Jean M.Twenge, IGEN: Why Today's Super-connected Kids Are Growing up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy-... -and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What, 104.
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  5. Robyn Seglem,“YA lit, Music and Movies: Creating REEL Interest in the Language Arts Classroom.” ALAN Review, 2006,  33 (3): 76-80. Accessed June 5, 2018. https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v33i3.a.11, 77.
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  7. John Golden, Reading in the Dark: Using Film as a Tool in the English Classroom, xiv.
  8. Linda Costanzo Cahir. Literature into Film: Theory and Practical Approaches, 45.
  9. lbid, 46.
  10. Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar, 41.
  11. Linda Costanzo Cahir. Literature into Film: Theory and Practical Approaches, 45.
  12. Clay Conger, "How Wes Anderson Uses Mise En Scène." StudioBinder. June 25, 2018. Accessed July 15, 2018. https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/mise-en-scene/.
  13. Robyn Seglem,“YA lit, Music and Movies: Creating REEL Interest in the Language Arts Classroom.” ALAN Review, 2006,  33 (3): 76-80. Accessed June 5, 2018. https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v33i3.a.11, 78.
  14. Linda Costanzo Cahir. Literature into Film: Theory and Practical Approaches, 97.
  15. lbid., 97.
  16. Sarah Graham, Salinger's the Catcher in the Rye. London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2007. Accessed July 11, 2018. ProQuest Ebook Central, 8.
  17. lbid., 12-18.
  18. lbid., 18.
  19. Azhar Noori Fejer and Rosli Talif. “Individual Mobility and the Sense of “Deadlock”: A Cultural Materialist Analysis of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar.” SAGE Open, 2014, 4 (3): 1-10.  Accessed July 1, 2018. DOI: 10.1177/2158244014547180, 2.
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  23. Sarah Graham, Salinger's the Catcher in the Rye. London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2007. Accessed July 11, 2018. ProQuest Ebook Central, 13.
  24. Azhar Noori Fejer and Rosli Talif. “Individual Mobility and the Sense of “Deadlock”: A Cultural Materialist Analysis of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar.” SAGE Open, 2014, 4 (3): 1-10.  Accessed July 1, 2018. DOI: 10.1177/2158244014547180, 4.
  25. Linda Seger, The Art of Adaptation:Turning Fact and Fiction into Film, 9.
  26. lbid., 2.
  27. Linda Hutcheon, A Theory of Adaptation, 8-9.
  28. lbid., 9.
  29. lbid., 176.
  30. lbid., 176.
  31. Linda Seger, The Art of Adaptation:Turning Fact and Fiction into Film, 2.
  32. lbid., 2.
  33. lbid., 10.
  34. Matt Goldberg, "1957 Letter from J.D. Salinger Explains Why Catcher in the Rye Wouldn't Work as a Movie." Collider. February 27, 2012. Accessed July 10, 2018. http://collider.com/catcher-in-the-rye-movie-rejection-jd-salinger/.
  35.  Phillipa Hawker. “Kirsten Dunst Film Adaptation of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar Underway.” The Australian. July 30, 2016. Accessed July 15, 2018. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/kirsten-dunst-film-adaptation-of-sylvia-plaths-the-bell-jar-underway/news-story/a0954b12e51d1fce2a90fac60caa31e9.
  36. lbid.
  37. Linda Seger, The Art of Adaptation:Turning Fact and Fiction into Film, 4.
  38. lbid., 5.
  39. lbid., 10.
  40. Linda Hutcheon, A Theory of Adaptation, 84.
  41. "A Director Prepares: Visual Script Breakdown." W(A/O)NDERING Filmmaking. January 03, 2016. Accessed July 10, 2018. https://waondering.com/2014/08/09/a-director-prepares-visual-script-breakdown/.
  42. Linda Seger, The Art of Adaptation:Turning Fact and Fiction into Film, 172.
  43. Linda Costanzo Cahir. Literature into Film: Theory and Practical Approaches, 293.
  44. John Golden, Reading in the Dark: Using Film as a Tool in the English Classroom, 8.
  45. lbid.,9.
  46. lbid., 9.
  47. lbid., 12.
  48. lbid., 13.
  49. lbid., 13.
  50. Linda Costanzo Cahir. Literature into Film: Theory and Practical Approaches, 63.
  51. John Golden, Reading in the Dark: Using Film as a Tool in the English Classroom, 15.
  52. lbid., 16.
  53. lbid., 16.
  54. Linda Seger, The Art of Adaptation:Turning Fact and Fiction into Film, 9.
  55. Robyn Seglem,“YA lit, Music and Movies: Creating REEL Interest in the Language Arts Classroom.” ALAN Review, 2006,  33 (3): 76-80. Accessed June 5, 2018. https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v33i3.a.11, 78.
  56. lbid., 79.

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