Quinn, Maureen

Ms. Maureen Quinn is an independent scholar and Adjunct Instructor living in Springfield, Illinois. She received her M.A. in English from the University of Illinois at Springfield.

Adaptation of a Literary Text to Film

2007 0-7734-5310-5
This study introduces basic concepts of the emerging discipline of literary-film adaptation criticism specifically geared toward literary disciplines. The text describes the evolution of adaptation criticism from Virginia Woolfe's somewhat derisive comments about film adaptation to modern scholarly approaches. The work builds on and adapts elements of literary criticism for adaptation study observing how basic elements of film criticism can be adapted for literary adaptation study. Case studies are included to demonstrate a method of discussing each form through its own methods. Despite the disparate qualities of the two media literary adaptation criticism offers a perspective in which literature and film can be discussed as partners that modify one another.