Document Type
Syllabus
Publication Date
Fall 9-1-2024
Course Description
In this course, we will explore the process of adaptation as relates to creative, especially literary, works. We will examine how art becomes other art—changing the shape of the source material—sometimes with thoughtful fidelity, sometimes with wild abandon. From real life events into articles, from articles into books or plays, from memoirs or novels into films—narratives are constantly being recast into different forms. How do the freedoms and limitations of different genre serve to shape the various incarnations? What is important about adaptation beyond loyalty to the ‘original?’ How do our responses to various adaptations, and even the adaptations themselves, reflect social and political climates, morality, and cultural views of what makes art? How does literary adaptation reflect larger notions of evolution and change? In addition to reading, screening, discussing and writing about these transformations, you will work with adaptation from the creative side through crafting adaptations of your own.
Recommended Citation
White, Chris, "ENG 197F FYS Recasting Narratives White Fall 2024" (2024). All Course Syllabi. 685, Scholarly and Creative Work from DePauw University.
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/records_syllabi/685
Student Outcomes
By the end of the semester, students should be able to: 1. Understand writing projects as a series of tasks, including finding, evaluating, summarizing, analyzing, and synthesizing sources. 2. Understand that writing is social and collaborative. 3. Appreciate how readers perceive and respond to different forms of writing. 4. Possess flexible strategies for generating ideas, proof-reading, editing, and revising. 5. Understand how to document both primary and secondary sources and why that is important.