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Taking up the historical evolution of Darwin and his theories and
the cultural responses they have inspired, Reflecting on Darwin
poses the following questions: 'How are the apparatuses in the
mid-nineteenth century and at the turn of the twenty-first century
interconnected with bio-scientific paradigms in art, literature,
culture and science?' 'How are naturalism, determinism and
Darwinism - the eugenics of the nineteenth century and the genetic
coding of the twentieth century - positioned, embodied and staged
in various media configurations and media genres?' and 'How have
particular media apparatuses formed, displaced or stabilized the
various concepts of humankind in the framework of evolutionary
theory?' Ranging from the early circulation of Darwin's ideas to
the present, this interdisciplinary collection pays particular
attention to Darwin's postmillennial reception. Beginning with an
overview of the historical development of contemporary ecological
and ethical fears, Reflecting on Darwin then turns to Darwin's
influence on contemporary media, neo-Victorian literature and
culture, science fiction literature and film, and contemporary
theory. In examining the plurality of ways in which Darwin has been
rewritten and reappropriated, this unique volume both mirrors and
inspects the complexity of recent debates in Victorian and
neo-Victorian studies.
The volume uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine how
21st-century British theatre increasingly intercuts dystopian and
utopian elements to create innovative strategies for addressing
current social and political concerns. In the case studies, a key
role is given to the ways in which the selected plays use real and
fictional spaces on stage and thereby manage to construct
interactional spaces which the spectators are invited to share.
The Routledge Companion to Adaptation offers a broad range of
scholarship from this growing, interdisciplinary field. With a
basis in source-oriented studies, such as novel-to-stage and
stage-to-film adaptations, this volume also seeks to highlight the
new and innovative aspects of adaptation studies, ranging from
theatre and dance to radio, television and new media. It is divided
into five sections: Mapping, which presents a variety of
perspectives on the scope and development of adaptation studies;
Historiography, which investigates the ways in which adaptation
engages with - and disrupts - history; Identity, which considers
texts and practices in adaptation as sites of multiple and fluid
identity formations; Reception, which examines the role played by
an audience, considering the unpredictable relationships between
adaptations and those who experience them; Technology, which
focuses on the effects of ongoing technological advances and shifts
on specific adaptations, and on the wider field of adaptation. An
emphasis on adaptation-as-practice establishes methods of
investigation that move beyond a purely comparative case study
model. The Routledge Companion to Adaptation celebrates the
complexity and diversity of adaptation studies, mapping the field
across genres and disciplines.
The Routledge Companion to Adaptation offers a broad range of
scholarship from this growing, interdisciplinary field. With a
basis in source-oriented studies, such as novel-to-stage and
stage-to-film adaptations, this volume also seeks to highlight the
new and innovative aspects of adaptation studies, ranging from
theatre and dance to radio, television and new media. It is divided
into five sections: Mapping, which presents a variety of
perspectives on the scope and development of adaptation studies;
Historiography, which investigates the ways in which adaptation
engages with - and disrupts - history; Identity, which considers
texts and practices in adaptation as sites of multiple and fluid
identity formations; Reception, which examines the role played by
an audience, considering the unpredictable relationships between
adaptations and those who experience them; Technology, which
focuses on the effects of ongoing technological advances and shifts
on specific adaptations, and on the wider field of adaptation. An
emphasis on adaptation-as-practice establishes methods of
investigation that move beyond a purely comparative case study
model. The Routledge Companion to Adaptation celebrates the
complexity and diversity of adaptation studies, mapping the field
across genres and disciplines.
This collection considers new phenomena emerging in a convergence
environment from the perspective of adaptation studies. The
contributions take the most prominent methods within the field to
offer reconsiderations of theoretical concepts and practices in
participatory culture, transmedia franchises, and new media
adaptations. The authors discuss phenomena ranging from mash-ups of
novels and YouTube cover songs to negotiations of authorial control
and interpretative authority between media producers and fan
communities to perspectives on the fictional and legal framework of
brands and franchises. In this fashion, the collection expands the
horizons of both adaptation and transmedia studies and provides
reassessments of frequently discussed (BBC's Sherlock or the LEGO
franchise) and previously largely ignored phenomena
(self-censorship in transnational franchises, mash-up novels, or
YouTube cover videos).
The first of its kind, this companion to British-Jewish theatre
brings a neglected dimension in the work of many prominent British
theatre-makers to the fore. Its structure reflects the historical
development of British-Jewish theatre from the 1950s onwards,
beginning with an analysis of the first generation of writers that
now forms the core of post-war British drama (including Tom
Stoppard, Harold Pinter and Arnold Wesker) and moving on to
significant thematic force-fields and faultlines such as the
Holocaust, antisemitism and Israel/Palestine. The book also covers
the new generation of British-Jewish playwrights, with a special
emphasis on the contribution of women writers and the role of
particular theatres in the development of British-Jewish theatre,
as well as TV drama. Included in the book are fascinating
interviews with a set of significant theatre practitioners working
today, including Ryan Craig, Patrick Marber, John Nathan, Julia
Pascal and Nicholas Hytner. The companion addresses, not only
aesthetic and ideological concerns, but also recent transformations
with regard to institutional contexts and frameworks of cultural
policies.
The first of its kind, this companion to British-Jewish theatre
brings a neglected dimension in the work of many prominent British
theatre-makers to the fore. Its structure reflects the historical
development of British-Jewish theatre from the 1950s onwards,
beginning with an analysis of the first generation of writers that
now forms the core of post-war British drama (including Tom
Stoppard, Harold Pinter and Arnold Wesker) and moving on to
significant thematic force-fields and faultlines such as the
Holocaust, antisemitism and Israel/Palestine. The book also covers
the new generation of British-Jewish playwrights, with a special
emphasis on the contribution of women writers and the role of
particular theatres in the development of British-Jewish theatre,
as well as TV drama. Included in the book are fascinating
interviews with a set of significant theatre practitioners working
today, including Ryan Craig, Patrick Marber, John Nathan, Julia
Pascal and Nicholas Hytner. The companion addresses, not only
aesthetic and ideological concerns, but also recent transformations
with regard to institutional contexts and frameworks of cultural
policies.
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