Screen Adaptations: Great Expectations: A close study of the relationship between text and film - Softcover

McFarlane, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0713679093 ISBN 13: 9780713679090

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 2008

Synopsis

A close study of the relationship between text and film versions of Great Expectations.
Literature and film studies students will find plenty of material to
support their courses and essay writing on how the film versions
provide different readings of the original text.

Focussing on David Lean's film of Great Expectations, the
book discusses: the literary text in its historical context, key themes
and dominant readings of the text, how the text is adapted for screen
and how adaptations have changed our reading of the original text.
There are numerous excerpts from the literary text, screenplays and
shooting scripts, with suggestions for comparison. The book also
features quotations from authors, screenwriters, directors, critics and
others linked with the chosen film and text.

About this title

About the Author

Brian McFarlane is Honorary Associate Professor at Monash University, Australia. He is a distinguished figure in literature and film whose books include An Autobiography of British Cinema: As Told by the Filmmakers and Actors who Made It (1997), Novel to Film: an Introduction to the Theory of Adaptation (1996), The Cinema of Britain and Ireland (2005) and The Encyclopedia of British Film (2011).

Edition details

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0713679093
• ISBN 13: 9780713679090
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208