Film and Literature
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Who's Telling the Story?--Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist (2005) and the Issue of Authorship. Sooyoung Chung, Independent Scholar
The paper examines Roman Polanski’s 2005 adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, focusing on how the presence of two authors is registered in the production and reception of the film, and thus explores the issue of authorship in literary film adaptation.
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Teaching Literature through Films in an Intercultural Perspective. Cristina Oddone, University of Genoa
The teaching of English and American literature does not always lead to active students’ participation. This research project shows the advantage of using very recent, blockbuster films in the language classroom and describes some ideas about teaching literature in an intercultural perspective.
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Would You Still Like Me?: The Horrors of Gender and Adaptation in Let the Right One In. Andrea Schmidt, University of Washington
Based upon the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In tells the story of a young boy living in a suburb of Stockholm drawn to the girl next door, whom he discovers is a vampire. Issues of gender and adaptation intersect in this subversive horror film.
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