Hello Deg,
A few of my favorites:
Coraline
Holes
How to Train Your Dragon
The Iron Giant
Little Princess (d. Cuaron)
Millions (actually reverse-adapted by the screenwriter into a novel)
The Neverending Story
The Polar Express
The Secret Garden (d. Holland)
Watership Down
Most Roald Dahl adaptations
I've been thinking of doing an exhibit on this, so thanks for bringing
the issue up on the listserv! I'm guessing you may have already seen
this, but I thought I'd pass it along in case (I used it to jog my memory):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_children%27s_books_made_into_feature_films
Cheers,
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Meghann Matwichuk, M.S.
Associate Librarian
Instructional Media Collection Department
Morris Library, University of Delaware
181 S. College Ave.
Newark, DE 19717
(302) 831-1475
http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/instructionalmedia/
On 7/8/2010 9:28 PM, Deg Farrelly wrote:
A program here has asked me to speak to students (briefly) about the
translation/adaptation of literature to film, especially as it relates to *
children's * literature.
Students will have to complete an assignment in which they read a book and
watch the film version.
There are quite a few things I can say about the translation/adaptation of lit into film,
elimination of characters and plot elements, the white-washing of characters (a la
"Hayes" Code), etc. But I would appreciate hearing your individual thoughts as
well.
The instructor already has a long list of titles for students to pick from but
if you have particular favorites I would like to hear about them.
Thanx in advance for your wisdom and generosity.
-deg
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Arizona State University
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Email: deg.farre...@asu.edu
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