Category: Syllabi
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Literatures in English and Film
The “Literatures in English and Film” course at the University of Oviedo, Spain, is a 6-credit introductory module aimed at second-year English Studies students. The course provides a foundational understanding of the relations between literature and cinema, focusing on the analysis of films adapted from literary works in English. The…
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Adaptation, Archives, and Digital Remix Culture
The upper-division research seminar, led by Eleni Palis, explores adaptation theories and videographic criticism through a mash-up methodology. Focused on literary-to-film adaptations and remix practices, the course includes an archival segment utilizing the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound. Students complete a research project or video essay.
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Modern Fairy Tale: Contemporary Retellings of “Once Upon a Time”
This course will unpack how fairy tale adaptations across cultures both reflect and inform the values adherent to distinct time periods, places, and/or communities. We will also reflect upon the personal impacts that fairy tales and their modern adaptations have had on our own lives and understandings of the world.
Adaptation Today 