Screen and Stage · Speaking & Listening

Adaptation Studies

Comparing a literary text with its film or stage counterpart to explore changes in medium.

Key Questions

  1. 1What is lost and gained when a novel is adapted into a film?
  2. 2How do directors reinterpret characters for a modern audience?
  3. 3Why might an adapter change the ending of a story for a different medium?

ACARA Content Descriptions

AC9E7LT04AC9E7LY04
Year: Year 7
Subject: English
Unit: Screen and Stage
Period: Speaking & Listening

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