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Now a Major Motion Picture – Fiction into Film
FT221
| TUE |
| 3 |
| MAY |
Sylvia Paskin
Tuesday Lunchtimes 12.30-2.00pm
£150.00
Term Starting 3 May
This term we will take a closer look at some major British writers whose novels/plays/short stories have been adapted for cinema with varying degrees of success. Literary adaptation has long been a stalwart of British cinema with its love of costume drama. We will explore the delights as well as problems and difficulties of this process. The writers we shall examine in some detail are:
Tuesday 3rd May - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Tuesday 10th May - JANE AUSTEN
Tuesday 17th May - CHARLES DICKENS
Tuesday 24th May - ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Tuesday 31st May - E. M. FORSTER
Tuesday 7th June - No Class – Half Term
Tuesday 14th June - DAPHNE DU MAURIER
Tuesday 21st June - IAN FLEMING
Tuesday 28th June - J. G. BALLARD
Tuesday 5th July - J.R.R. TOLKIEN
Tuesday 12th July - PLENARY SESSION/FILM QUIZ*
* This list may be subject to change
Sylvia is a cultural historian and a writer who has edited several anthologies of new fiction by Jewish writers, Jewish women's poetry and Yiddish film. She has also just completed her first short film.
(No Class 7 June - Half Term)
Tuesday 3rd May - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Tuesday 10th May - JANE AUSTEN
Tuesday 17th May - CHARLES DICKENS
Tuesday 24th May - ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Tuesday 31st May - E. M. FORSTER
Tuesday 7th June - No Class – Half Term
Tuesday 14th June - DAPHNE DU MAURIER
Tuesday 21st June - IAN FLEMING
Tuesday 28th June - J. G. BALLARD
Tuesday 5th July - J.R.R. TOLKIEN
Tuesday 12th July - PLENARY SESSION/FILM QUIZ*
* This list may be subject to change
Sylvia is a cultural historian and a writer who has edited several anthologies of new fiction by Jewish writers, Jewish women's poetry and Yiddish film. She has also just completed her first short film.
(No Class 7 June - Half Term)
Course Dates
- Tue 3rd May 11
- Tue 10th May 11
- Tue 17th May 11
- Tue 24th May 11
- Tue 31st May 11
- Tue 14th June 11
- Tue 21st June 11
- Tue 28th June 11
- Tue 5th July 11
- Tue 12th July 11