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ATS2516 - Adaptation into film

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

Literary Studies

Coordinator(s)

Dr. Simone Murray

Offered

Not offered in 2016

Synopsis

This unit will consider the ideological and structural effects of translation from literary to visual text. This will be achieved through a close reading of a number of paired texts (i.e. novel and film). Students will develop analytical skills for reading with both specific genres, and extend these skills through seminar debate and written work.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60%
Exam: 40%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr. Simone Murray

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Literary studies

Prerequisites

Twelve credit points of first-year Arts units.

Prohibitions

ATS3516