The History of French Literature on Film
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Date of Publication: 30 June 2022
Number of Volumes: Paperback
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ISBN13: | 9781501372407 |
ISBN10: | 1501372408 |
Binding: | Paperback |
No. of pages: | 328 pages |
Size: | 228x152 mm |
Language: | English |
Illustrations: | 47 bw illus |
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Long description:
French novels, plays, poems and short stories, however temporally or culturally distant from us, continue to be incarnated and reincarnated on cinema screens across the world. From the silent films of Georges Méli?s to the Hollywood production of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary directed by Sophie Barthes, The History of French Literature on Film explores the key films, directors, and movements that have shaped the adaptation of works by French authors since the end of the 19th century. Across six chapters, Griffiths and Watts examine the factors that have driven this vibrant adaptive industry, as filmmakers have turned to literature in search of commercial profits, cultural legitimacy, and stories rich in dramatic potential. The volume also explains how the work of theorists from a variety of disciplines (literary theory, translation theory, adaptation theory), can help to deepen both our understanding and our appreciation of literary adaptation as a creative practice. Finally, this volume seeks to make clear that adaptation is never a simple transcription of an earlier literary work. It is always simultaneously an adaptation of the society and era for which it is created. Adaptations of French literature are thus not only valuable artistic artefacts in their own right, so too are they important historical documents which testify to the values and tastes of their own time.
Table of Contents:
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Kate Griffiths
1.The Currency of Adaptation: Art and Money in Silent Cinema (1899-1929)
Andrew Watts
2.Who is Adaptation? Interpersonal Transactions in Film (1927-39)
Kate Griffiths
3.Politics, Propaganda, and the Censored Screen: Adapting French Literature during the German Occupation (1940-44)
Andrew Watts
4.The Formative Function of the Dominant Film Poetics: The Impact of Film Movement, Moment, and Genre (1945-70)
Kate Griffiths
5.The History of Adaptation/Adaptation and History (1970-2004)
Kate Griffiths
6.Textual Migration and Adaptive Diaspora: French Literature Adaptations Beyond France (1996-2016)
Andrew Watts
Conclusion
Andrew Watts
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Kate Griffiths
1.The Currency of Adaptation: Art and Money in Silent Cinema (1899-1929)
Andrew Watts
2.Who is Adaptation? Interpersonal Transactions in Film (1927-39)
Kate Griffiths
3.Politics, Propaganda, and the Censored Screen: Adapting French Literature during the German Occupation (1940-44)
Andrew Watts
4.The Formative Function of the Dominant Film Poetics: The Impact of Film Movement, Moment, and Genre (1945-70)
Kate Griffiths
5.The History of Adaptation/Adaptation and History (1970-2004)
Kate Griffiths
6.Textual Migration and Adaptive Diaspora: French Literature Adaptations Beyond France (1996-2016)
Andrew Watts
Conclusion
Andrew Watts
Bibliography
Index