Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE MAL1071

 
TITLE L-Adattament tal-letteratura Maltija għall-film

 
UM LEVEL 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
MQF LEVEL 5

 
ECTS CREDITS 4

 
DEPARTMENT Maltese

 
DESCRIPTION X’għażliet iridu jagħmlu dawk li jadattaw test letterarju għall-film? Għandhom responsabbiltajiet lejn it-test oriġinali? L-adattament għandu jkun fidil lejn it-test letterarju jew huwa biss interpretazzjoni suġġettiva? Nistgħu nħarsu lejn l-adattament bħala tip ta’ traduzzjoni? Jeżistu ġeneri letterarji jew testi partikolari li ma jistgħux jew m’għandhomx jiġu adattati?
It-taqsima-studju tagħti ħarsa ġenerali lejn kwistjonijiet u dibattiti ewlenin bħal dawn li tmiss magħhom it-teorija tal-adattament. F’dan id-dawl jiġu mistħarrġa adattamenti ta’ testi letterarji bħar-rumanzi Il-Gaġġa u Is-Sriep Reġgħu Saru Velenużi, in-novelli ‘Laqgħa ma’ Mara Morbi’ u ‘Camilla’, u l-poeżiji ‘Relazzjoni’ u ‘Il-Bejjiegħ tal-Gazzetti’.

Study-Unit Aims:

L-għanijiet ta’ dan it-taqsima-studju huma li l-istudenti:
- japprezzaw ir-rabta bejn il-letteratura u forom aristiċi oħra;
- isiru konxji tad-diskussjoni u l-iżviluppi fit-teoriji tal-adattament;
- jistħarrġu għadd ta’ testi letterarji li nqalbu f’film billi jirriflettu fuq il-proċess taladattament.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Knowledge & Understanding:

By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:

Fi tmiem it-taqsima-studju l-istudenti se jkunu kapaċi:
- jiddistingwu bejn teoriji u tipi differenti ta’ adattament;
- jirriflettu fuq il-gradi ta’ intertestwalità, (in)fedeltà, u varjazzjoni fl-adattament ta’ għadd ta’ xogħlijiet;
- japprezzaw l-iżviluppi li saru f’dan il-qasam lokalment.

2. Skills:

By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:

Fi tmiem it-taqsima-studju l-istudenti se jkunu kapaċi:
- jirriflettu fuq it-tlaqqigħ bejn mezz artistiku u ieħor;
- jiddiskutu l-kwistjonijiet ewlenin li jmissu magħhom it-teoriji tal-adattament;
- japplikaw it-teoriji għall-adattamenti li saru ta’ testi letterarji differenti.

Main Text/s and any supplementary readings:

Qari Essenzjali:

- Naremore, James. Film Adaption. Rutgers University Press, 2000.
- Elliott, Kamilla. Rethinking the Novel/Film Debate. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- Stam, Robert, and Alessandra Raengo. A Companion to Literature and Film. Blackwell, 2008.
- Abbott, Porter H. The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Hutcheon, Linda, and Siobhan 0'Flynn. A Theory of Adaptation. Routledge, 2013.

Qari Supplementari:

- Ryan, Marie-Laure. Narrative Across Media: The Languages of Storytelling. University of Nebraska Press, 2004.
- Boozer, Jack. Authorship in Film Adaptation. University of Texas Press, 2008.
- Richard, David Evan. Film Phenomenology and Adaptation: Sensuous Elaboration. Amsterdam University Press, 2021.
(Il-kotba kollha ssuġġeriti qegħdin il-Librerija tal-Università)

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Assessment Due Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Presentation SEM1 Yes 30%
Assignment SEM1 Yes 70%

 
LECTURER/S Justine Somerville

 

 
The University makes every effort to ensure that the published Courses Plans, Programmes of Study and Study-Unit information are complete and up-to-date at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to make changes in case errors are detected after publication.
The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints.
Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice.
It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years.

https://www.um.edu.mt/course/studyunit