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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear MFAs,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Per your requests, please find below a
description of my Winter graduate seminar. The texts will be available at
the UCR bookstore at the beginning of the quarter.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Andrew</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Garamond>CRWT 251 - Hollywood & The Novel - Winter 2007</P>
<P>Andrew Winer</P>
<P>Thursdays 2:10-5pm</P></FONT>
<P><U><FONT face=Garamond>Description:</P></U>
<P>It is an old Hollywood adage that middling novels make good films. In this
seminar, we will examine what Hollywood did with five august works of
literature. In the process, we will learn about the fundamentals of telling a
large story, in both the novel and film form. Students will study five
novels, their screenplay adaptations, and the resulting films. The quarter will
be divided into five two-week cycles: the first week of each cycle will be
devoted to an examination of a particular novel, using precepts from Robert
McKee’s screenwriting book, <I>Story</I>, as a filter for discussion about
screenplay adaptation strategies. In the first week of each cycle, students are
required to come to class having read the novel assigned for that cycle, and
having written a brief response paper (based on questions I will hand out). The
second week of each cycle will be devoted to a discussion of the transition of
the novel to screenplay, noting the stylistic, structural, and character changes
and variations. Students will be asked to write a paper which compares their own
ideas for adaptation (from the first week of the cycle) to the actual execution
of the screenplay, paying particular attention to failures and successes,
strengths and weaknesses in the adaptation.</P>
<P>Please note: The course will be heavy on reading, and the reading will not be
light (to wit: James, Wharton, Roth, et. al.); be prepared to dedicate yourself
to an intensive reading load if you enroll in this seminar. </P></FONT><FONT
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<P>Texts:</P></U><I>
<P>Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting,
</I>Robert McKee</P><I>
<P>The End of the Affair</I>, Graham Greene</P><I>
<P>The Unbearable Lightness of Being</I>, Milan Kundera</P><I>
<P>The Human Stain, </I>Philip Roth</P><I>
<P>The Portrait of a Lady, </I>Henry James</P><I>
<P>The House of Mirth</I>, Edith Wharton</P>
<P><EM>Class Reader – CRWT 251</EM> (contains the five screenplays – purchase at
Printing & Reprographics)</P></FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4></FONT><U><FONT face=Garamond>
<P>Writing Requirements:</P>
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<P>C</FONT><FONT face=Garamond> Five brief response papers (1-2 pages, typed,
double-spaced).</P></FONT><FONT face="WP MathA">
<P>C</FONT><FONT face=Garamond> Five essays analyzing the adaptations (5 pages,
typed, double-spaced).</P></DIR></DIR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>