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26 September: INTRODUCTION: THE POETICS OF SPACE

NORTHANGER ABBEY

1 October TOPIC: THE NOVEL OF MANNERS & GOTHIC FICTION
READING:
Northanger Abbey, chapters 1-15 (vol. 1)
VIEW: Northanger Abbey BBC telefilm directed by Giles Foster (1987) (50min)
3 October TOPIC: NOVELS, COURTSHIP & READING RELATIONSHIPS
READING:
Northanger Abbey, chapters 1-16 (vol. 2)
VIEW: Northanger Abbey (40 minutes)
8 October TOPIC: ANALYTICAL CATEGORIES FOR FILM & LITERATURE
READING:
Dudley Andrew: "Adaptation" in Corrigan 262-272
VIEW: Film Stills

 

SENSE & SENSIBILITY

10 October TOPIC: INSTITUTIONS OF ORDER: PROPERTY, MARRIAGE & FAMILY
READING:
Sense & Sensibility: chapters 1-22 (vol.1) and 1-6 (vol.2)
VIEW: Sense & Sensibility Columbia Pictures directed by Ang Lee(50 min)
15 October TOPIC: WHAT’S WRONG WITH MARIANNE?
READING
: Sense & Sensibility: chapters 7-36 (vol.2) and 1-50 (vol.3)
VIEW: Sense & Sensibility Columbia Pictures directed by Ang Lee (70 min)
17 October TOPIC: WRITING WITH BODIES
READING
: Leo Braudy, "Acting: Stage vs. Screen" (in Corrigan 246-254)
VIEW: Film stills & clips from BBC telefilm directed by Rodney Bennett (1990)

 

PRIDE & PREJUDICE

22 October TOPIC:
READING:
Pride & Prejudice: chapters 1-23 (vol. 1) and 1-19 (vol. 2)
VIEW: Pride & Prejudice Film directed by Robert Leonard (1940) (50 min)
24 October TOPIC:
READING:
Pride & Prejudice: chapters 1-19 (vol. 3)
VIEW: Pride & Prejudice Film directed by Robert Leonard (1940) (67 min)
29 October TOPIC:
READING:
Corrigan: "Themes, Narratives & Elements of Style" (80-88)
VIEW: Pride & Prejudice TV mini-series directed by Simon Langton (1996)
31 October TOPIC: THE COMMERCE BETWEEN ART FORMS
READING:
George Bluestone: "The Limits of the Novel and the Limits of the Film" in Corrigan 197-213
VIEW: Pride & Prejudice TV mini-series directed by Simon Langton (1996) [the final episodes will have to be viewed in a special showing outside of class]

 

MANSFIELD PARK

5 November TOPIC:
READING:
Mansfield Park: chapters 1-18 (vol.1) and 1-7 (vol. 2)
VIEW: Mansfield Park Film directed by Patricia Rozema (1999) (50 min)
7 November TOPIC:
READING:
Mansfield Park chapters 8-13 (vol.2) and 1-48 (vol.3)
VIEW: Mansfield Park Film directed by Patricia Rozema (1999) (62 min)
12 November TOPIC:
READING:
Alexander Kluge, Edgar Reitz & Wilfried Reinke: "Word & Film" in Corrigan, 229-245
VIEW: Film Stills; Clips from Mansfield Park BBC mini-series directed by David Giles (1990) (excerpts)

 

EMMA

14 November TOPIC:
READING:
Emma chapters 1-28 (vol. 1)
VIEW: Emma Film directed by Douglas McGrath (1996) (60 min)
19 November TOPIC:
READING:
Emma chapters 1-28 (vol. 2) and 1-5 (vol. 3)
VIEW: Emma Film directed by Douglas McGrath (1996) (60 min)
21 November TOPIC:
READING:
Emma chapters 6-19 (vol. 3)
VIEW: Emma BBC mini-series directed by Diarmuid Lawrence (1997) (excerpts)
26 November TOPIC:
READING:

VIEW: Clueless Film directed by Amy Heckerling (1995) (98 min)
28 November TOPIC:
READING:

VIEW: Film Stills of all three versions


PERSUASION

3 December TOPIC:
READING:
Persuasion: chapters 1-12
VIEW: Persuasion BBC Film directed by Roger Mitchell (1995) (50 min)
5 December TOPIC:
READING:
Persuasion: chapters 13-24
VIEW: Persuasion BBC Film directed by Roger Mitchell (1995) (57 min)
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