Adaptations

Author : Stephanie Harrison
Publisher : Crown Archetype
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780307510525

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Adaptations by Stephanie Harrison Pdf

An Eclectic Collection of Fiction That Inspired Film Memento, All About Eve, Rear Window, Rashomon, and 2001: A Space Odyssey are all well-known and much-loved movies, but what is perhaps a lesser-known fact is that all of them began their lives as short stories. Adaptations gathers together 35 pieces that have been the basis for films, many from giants of American literature (Hemingway, Fitzgerald) and many that have not been in print for decades (the stories that inspired Bringing Up Baby, Meet John Doe, and All About Eve). Categorized by genre, and featuring movies by master directors such as Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman, Frank Capra, and John Ford, as well as relative newcomers such as Chris Eyre and Christopher Nolan, Adaptations offers insight into the process of turning a short story into a screenplay, one that, when successful, doesn’t take drastic liberties with the text upon which it is based, but doesn’t mirror its source material too closely either. The stories and movies featured in Adaptations include: •Philip K. Dick’s “The Minority Report,” which became the 2002 blockbuster directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise •“The Harvey Pekar Name Story” by reclusive graphic artist Harvey Pekar, whose life was the inspiration for American Splendor, winner of the 2003 Sundance Grand Jury Prize •Hagar Wilde’s “Bringing Up Baby,” the basis of the classic film Bringing Up Baby, anthologized here for the first time ever •“The Swimmer” by John Cheever, an example of a highly regarded story that many feared might prove unadaptable •The predecessor to the beloved holiday classic A Christmas Story, “Red Ryder Nails the Hammond Kid” by Jean Shepherd Whether you’re a fiction reader or a film buff, Adaptations is your behind-the-scenes look at the sometimes difficult, sometimes brilliantly successful process from the printed page to the big screen. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author : Monika Davies
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-20
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781480746794

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Adaptations by Monika Davies Pdf

This high-interest informational text will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and nonfiction reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled nonfiction science reader features hands-on, simple science experiments and full-color images and graphics. Fourth grade students will learn all about adaptation through this engaging text that is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and supports STEM education.

Author : Lundgren
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781612366609

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Plant Adaptations by Lundgren Pdf

Early Readers Examine How Plants Differ Because The Adaptations They Make.

Author : Lisa J. Amstutz
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781429660310

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Polar Animal Adaptations by Lisa J. Amstutz Pdf

"Simple text and photographs describe polar animal adaptations"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Julie Murphy
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781429660303

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Desert Animal Adaptations by Julie Murphy Pdf

"Simple text and photographs describe desert animal adaptations"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Vann Joines,Ian Stewart
Publisher : Lifespace Pub.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Personality
ISBN : 187024401X

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Personality Adaptations by Vann Joines,Ian Stewart Pdf

Author : Kenneth Catania
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691228471

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Great Adaptations by Kenneth Catania Pdf

Presents an entertaining and engaging look at some of nature's most remarkable creatures ... Shows not only how studying these animals can provide deep insights into how life evolved, but also how scientific discovery can be filled with adventure and fun--Adapted from cover.

Author : Michelle MacArthur,Lydia Wilkinson,Keren Zaiontz
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781443809351

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Performing Adaptations by Michelle MacArthur,Lydia Wilkinson,Keren Zaiontz Pdf

Performing Adaptations: Conversations and Essays on the Theory and Practice of Adaptation brings together scholars and artists from across North America and the United Kingdom to contribute to the growing discourse on adaptation in the arts. An ideal text for students of theatre, drama, and performance studies, this volume offers a ground-breaking set of essays, interviews, and artistic reflections that assess adaptation from the perspective of live performance, an aspect of the field that has been under-explored until now. The diverse authors and interview subjects in this anthology take a variety of approaches to both creating and analyzing adaptations, demonstrating the form’s suitability for testing and speaking back to dominant models of creation, production, and analysis. Featuring articles by pioneering adaptation scholar Linda Hutcheon and critically acclaimed writer and critic George Elliott Clarke, Performing Adaptations advances the field of adaptation studies in new and exciting ways. The authors in Performing Adaptations do not comprise a comprehensive view of adaptation studies, but represent a collection of “gutsy” voices that use adaptation to test, and speak back to dominant models of creation, production, and analysis. Some of these perspectives include a group of artists from the African Diaspora, Europe, and Canada (the AfriCan Theatre Ensemble); the voice of Chinese-Canadian playwright, Marjorie Chan; the innovative storytelling of Beth Watkins, and her adaptation of letters written by transgendered student activist, Jesse Carr; the views of vanguard Canadian queer filmmaker, John Greyson; and African-Canadian poet, novelist, and critic, George Elliott Clarke. Their adaptation of sources to other genres, mediums, and cultural contexts represent the act of a radical, dialogical reading, writ large.

Author : Dominic McHugh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190051549

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The Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Screen Adaptations by Dominic McHugh Pdf

Hollywood's conversion to sound in the 1920s created an early peak in the film musical, following the immense success of The Jazz Singer. The opportunity to synchronize moving pictures with a soundtrack suited the musical in particular, since the heightened experience of song and dance drew attention to the novelty of the technological development. Until the near-collapse of the genre in the 1960s, the film musical enjoyed around thirty years of development, as landmarks such as The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St Louis, Singin' in the Rain, and Gigi showed the exciting possibilities of putting musicals on the silver screen. The Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Screen Adaptations traces how the genre of the stage-to-screen musical has evolved, starting with screen adaptations of operettas such as The Desert Song and Rio Rita, and looks at how the Hollywood studios in the 1930s exploited the publication of sheet music as part of their income. Numerous chapters examine specific screen adaptations in depth, including not only favorites such as Annie and Kiss Me, Kate but also some of the lesser-known titles like Li'l Abner and Roberta and problematic adaptations such as Carousel and Paint Your Wagon. Together, the chapters incite lively debates about the process of adapting Broadway for the big screen and provide models for future studies.

Author : Robyn McCallum
Publisher : Springer
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137395412

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Screen Adaptations and the Politics of Childhood by Robyn McCallum Pdf

This book features a cutting edge approach to the study of film adaptations of literature for children and young people, and the narratives about childhood those adaptations enact. Historically, film media has always had a partiality for the adaptation of ‘classic’ literary texts for children. As economic and cultural commodities, McCallum points out how such screen adaptations play a crucial role in the cultural reproduction and transformation of childhood and youth, and indeed are a rich resource for the examination of changing cultural values and ideologies, particularly around contested narratives of childhood. The chapters examine various representations of childhood: as shifting states of innocence and wildness, liminality, marginalisation and invisibility. The book focuses on a range of literary and film genres, from ‘classic’ texts, to experimental, carnivalesque, magical realist, and cross-cultural texts.

Author : Wen-Jun Li, Hans-Peter Klenk,Sheng Qin,Wael N. Hozzein,Iftikhar Ahmed
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9782889459339

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Actinobacteria in Special and Extreme Habitats: Diversity, Function Roles and Environmental Adaptations, Second Edition by Wen-Jun Li, Hans-Peter Klenk,Sheng Qin,Wael N. Hozzein,Iftikhar Ahmed Pdf

Actinobacteria are well-known producers of a vast array of secondary metabolites. Compared with actinobacteria from temperate habitats, the community structure, diversity, biological activities and mechanisms of environmental adaptation of those actinobacteria in special and extreme environments are relatively unstudied and unclear, and their functions and utilization are even less reported. These actinobacteria are potential new sources of novel natural products and functions for exploitation in medicine, agriculture, and industry. Recent advances in cultivation, DNA sequencing technologies and -omics methods have greatly contributed to the rapid advancement of our understanding of microbial diversity, taxonomy, function and they interactions with environment. Following the success of the Research Topic “Actinobacteria in special and extreme habitats: diversity, functional roles and environmental adaptations” organized in 2015, we are happy to launch a second edition. This Research Topic second edition, comprising reviews and original articles, highlights recent discoveries on rare actinobacterial diversity, phylogenomics, biological compounds, ecological function and environmental adaptations of actinobacteria in special and extreme habitats; and broadens our knowledge of actinobacterial diversity and their ecophysiological function.

Author : National Science Teachers Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Animals
ISBN : 1681406136

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Animal Adaptations by National Science Teachers Association Pdf

In order to survive in an environment, organisms have many different physical characteristics that help them regulate their temperature, move, find food, and protect themselves. The students' first analyze data from a case study on the peppered moth, learning about how organisms are adapted to their environment and how a change can affect their ability to survive. Students then explore physical adaptations from feet to teeth to color in order to develop an argument from evidence as to why an organism can survive well in one environment and less well in another. This book is a self-directed learning experience designed to augment understanding of science content. Lexile Framework: 720L

Author : Frances Babbage
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781472527233

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Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre by Frances Babbage Pdf

Why are so many theatre productions adaptations of one kind or another? Why do contemporary practitioners turn so frequently to non-dramatic texts for inspiration? This study explores the fascination of novels, short stories, children's books and autobiographies for theatre makers and examines what 'becomes' of literary texts when these are filtered into contemporary practice that includes physical theatre, multimedia performance, puppetry, immersive and site-specific performance and live art. In Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre, Frances Babbage offers a series of fresh critical perspectives on the theory of adaptation in theatre-making, focusing on meditations of prose literature within contemporary performance. Individual chapters explore the significance and impact of books as physical objects within productions; the relationship between the dramatic adaptation and literary edition; storytelling on the page and in performance; literary space and theatrical space; and prose fiction reframed as 'found text' in contemporary theatre and live art. Case studies are drawn from internationally acclaimed companies including Complicite, Elevator Repair Service, Kneehigh, Forced Entertainment, Gob Squad, Teatro Kismet and Stan's Cafe. Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre is a compelling and provocative resource for anyone interested in the potential and the challenges of using prose literature as material for new theatrical performance.

Author : Phyllis Frus,Christy Williams
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786455782

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Beyond Adaptation by Phyllis Frus,Christy Williams Pdf

Some film and novel revisions go so far beyond adaptation that they demand a new designation. This critical collection explores movies, plays, essays, comics and video games that supersede adaptation to radically transform their original sources. Fifteen essays investigate a variety of texts that rework everything from literary classics to popular children's books, demonstrating how these new, stand-alone creations critically engage their sources and contexts. Particular attention is paid to parody, intertextuality, and fairy-tale transformations in the examination of these works, which occupy a unique narrative and creative space.

Author : Colleen Kennedy-Karpat,Eric Sandberg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783319528540

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Adaptation, Awards Culture, and the Value of Prestige by Colleen Kennedy-Karpat,Eric Sandberg Pdf

This book explores the intersection between adaptation studies and what James F. English has called the “economy of prestige,” which includes formal prize culture as well as less tangible expressions such as canon formation, fandom, authorship, and performance. The chapters explore how prestige can affect many facets of the adaptation process, including selection, approach, and reception. The first section of this volume deals directly with cycles of influence involving prizes such as the Pulitzer, the Man Booker, and other major awards. The second section focuses on the juncture where adaptation, the canon, and awards culture meet, while the third considers alternative modes of locating and expressing prestige through adapted and adaptive intertexts. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of adaptation, cultural sociology, film, and literature.