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The History of French Literature on Film (Hardcover)
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The History of French Literature on Film (Hardcover)
Series: The History of World Literatures on Film
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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 Melies 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too are they important historical documents which testify to the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.
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