Browsing Faculté des arts et des sciences – Département de littératures et de langues du monde - Travaux et publications by Subject "Adaptation"
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Readings of homosexuality in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and four film adaptations
(2005)This essay proposes to read one more time the issue of homosexuality in Mary Shelley's first novel, "Frankenstein". In order to offer a new angle on the homosexual component of Victor Frankenstein's relationship with his creature when next teaching ... -
Science, gender and otherness in Shelley's Frankenstein and Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation
(1998-03)Questions of gender and genre in Frankenstein remain complex issues for contemporary critics, in the novel itself as well as in its cinematographic adaptations, from John Whale's classic 1931 version to Kenneth Branagh's 1994 "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein." ... -
Totally Clueless : Heckerling and Queer Sexuality in Austen’s « Emma »
(Cambria Press, 2011)This chapter offers a new reading of the sexual politics that are at play in Jane Austen's 1816 "Emma" through the exploration of film director Amy Heckerling's retelling of Austen's original story. Heckerling's 1995 film, "Clueless", can be understood ...