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Exploring Adaptation: Analyzing Texts and Their Transformations in "The Accursed Inhabitants"

This session focuses on the intricacies of literary adaptation through the lens of contemporary texts. Students will delve into texts like Joyce Carol Oates’ "The Accursed Inhabitants of the House of Bly," and explore the dynamics between adaptations in film and literature. Emphasis will be placed on aligning two texts through themes or narrative elements while also engaging in peer review discussions on essay structure and critical sources. Activity highlights include in-class writing exercises and the exploration of various adaptations across genres.

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Exploring Adaptation: Analyzing Texts and Their Transformations in "The Accursed Inhabitants"

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  1. ENGL 2307 20 June 2014

  2. Today’s Plan • Introduction to Final Essay • In-class Writing • Adaptation • “The Accursed Inhabitants of the House of Bly” • Peer Review

  3. Final Essay (!?!) • 1,250 words (approximately 5 pages) • Aligning two texts in some way • Adaptations • Two texts that address similar themes/issues • Two texts that use elements of fiction the same way but for different effects • Three critical sources (one may be recycled from a previous paper) • You can use both of the texts you used for Essay 1 and Essay 2 (but you do not have to)

  4. Adaptations • The Taming of the Shrew (play)to 10 Things I Hate About You (movie) • Pride and Prejudice (book)to Bridget Jones’s Diary (book) to Bridget Jones’s Diary (movie) • Sense and Sensibility (book)to Sense and Sensibility (movie) • King Lear (play)to A Thousand Acres (book) • Jane Eyre (book) to Wide Sargasso Sea (book) to The Gate at the Stairs (book) • Frankenstein (book)to Frankenstein (movie) to Young Frankenstein (movie) to Young Frankenstein (musical) • Anna and the King (book) to The King and I (musical)to The King and I (movie) • The Wizard of Oz (book) to The Wizard of Oz (movie) to Wicked (book) to Wicked (musical)

  5. In-class Writing • What forms do adaptations take? Why do people choose to adapt texts?

  6. Adaptation • Our focus is on text-to-text or text-to-film • Other types of adaptation? • Why do people adapt texts? • Why do we study them?

  7. “The Accursed Inhabitants…” • Joyce Carol Oates • Born in 1938 • Highly prolific writer • Teaches (or the last I read, was still teaching) at Princeton • Most anthologized story is “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?” • Adaptation of The Turn of the Screw • Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque (1995)

  8. “The Accursed…” con’t • Narrator • Jessel • Quint • Flora • Miles • The Governess

  9. Peer Review • Identify the thesis. Is it arguable, narrow, and does it offer a so what? • Is the organization/paragraphing clear and logical? • Are the topic sentences focused on the text and connected to the thesis? • Does the textual evidence support the topic sentences and thesis? • Are the secondary sources supportive and not at the forefront of the argument? • Does the conclusion feel finished? Are there questions left? • Is the MLA format correct (paper layout, in-text citation, works cited)?

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