Date of Award
2010
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Program
Media Studies
Abstract
This thesis examines the debate over textual fidelity in novel-film adaptations of five children’s/young adult texts: Peter Pan, Where the Wild Things Are, Alice in Wonderland, Fantastic Mr. Fox and the Twilight Saga: Twilight and New Moon. Each chapter employs a different methodological approach to explore novel-film adaptation in an attempt to move beyond the reliance on fidelity as a criterion for the study of novels adapted to screen. Through narrative analysis, semiotics and reader response theory, each chapter identifies various reasons why direct ‘transfer’ between novel and film is not always possible. In addition I interrogate why, if not viable and largely undesirable, the fidelity criterion persists in adaptation scholarship, film criticism and audience expectations.
Recommended Citation
Pedri, Jennesia Elena, "‘WHY IT WASN’T LIKE THE BOOK’: LIMITATIONS OF FIDELITY IN THE FILM ADAPTATION OF CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT . LITERATURE" (2010). Digitized Theses. 4640.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/digitizedtheses/4640