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Class number:
2944
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Title: Acts of Adaptation |
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Department: Theater and Dance |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 12 |
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Current enrollment: 5 |
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Available seats: 7 |
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Start date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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End date: Friday, May 9, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: TR: 1:30PM-3:30PM, TBA |
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Instructor(s): Incampo, Theresa |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Arts Requirement |
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Note: Students cannot take this course if they have already taken FYSM 129 Acts of Adaptation. |
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Note: Seat reservations: 3 first years, 3 sophomores, 3 juniors, 3 seniors. |
Course Description:
Adaptation, the act of translating and transforming a story from one medium into another, serves as the basis for many of our most popular entertainment works. Hollywood has long looked to the theatre for inspiration, while blockbuster Broadway musicals like "Wicked," "Hamilton," and "SpongeBob SquarePants" are drawn from existing literature and moving imagery. This course invites students to take up the act of adaptation as a creative practice, with a special focus on the process of composing adaptations for the stage, screen, and audio. Students will also engage with various texts and theories about the process and product of adaptation. We will analyze case studies to address questions about the impact of genre, convention, and cultural specificity on the source material and the adaptation. |