A large proportion of films and TV series are based on written texts and this module will introduce you to a range of cinematic adaptations of written works from different genres and language areas. Using adaptation theory to inform your analysis, you will have the opportunity to study excerpts from written texts and consider the issues that arise from their adaptation as films. How do cinema and television convey a sense of the past or modify literary works from a different time period? How do they represent the gender roles which can be a central preoccupation of literature? How do film and television transcend language boundaries to bring modern-language texts to new audiences? On this module you will have the opportunity to explore these areas whilst also developing skills in film analysis, journalistic writing and academic writing.