MALS 299 Versions: Telling Stories in Text and Image

What are the differences between telling a story in written form vs. in visual? This course would examine translations between the visual and the literary, using the concept of translation and reinvention to look at written texts and their visual versions, particularly in film, and think about how stories are told and what gets lost or changed through translation and over time. We will examine theories of the sister arts (ut pictura poesis) and the paragone controversy in the early modern period. Additionally, we will utilize film theory, literary theory, theories of translation and adaptation, and narrative.

Instructor

Kristin O'Rourke