Changing fictions of masculinity : adaptations of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, 1939-2009
| Autor: | Fanning, Sarah Elizabeth |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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adaptation aldous huxley adaptation theory andrea arnold andrew lincoln bbc ben hecht bronte catherine earnshaw censorship charles macarthur charlotte bronte charlotte riley ciaran hinds dark heritage david o. selznick david skynner depression edgar linton emily bronte fidelity criticism film heathcliff heritage film hollywood ian mcshane itv jane eyre joan craft joan fontaine john houseman kate adshead kay mellor ken hutchison landscape laurence olivier linda hutcheon masculinity masterpiece classics masterpiece theatre merle oberon mgm michael jayston narrative theory new man orla brady orson welles pbs peter bowker peter hammond peter sasdy production code quality television robert cavanagh robert stevenson robert young robin chapman rochester ruth wilson samantha morton samuel goldwyn sandy welch sarah lancashire selznick sensitive man sorcha cusack susanna white television toby stephens tom hardy twentieth century-fox wgbh william wyler world war two wuthering heights youth rebellion characterisation |
| Druh dokumentu: | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Popis: | The discursive and critical positions of the ‘classic’ nineteenth-century novel, particularly the woman’s novel, in the field of adaptation studies have been dominated by long-standing concerns about textual fidelity and the generic processes of the text-screen transfer. The sociocultural patterns of adaptation criticism have also been largely ensconced in representations of literary women on screen. Taking a decisive twist from tradition, this thesis traces the evolution of representations of masculinity in the malleable characters of Rochester and Heathcliff in film and television adaptations of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights between 1939 and 2009. Concepts of masculinity have been a neglected area of enquiry in studies of the ‘classic’ novel on screen. Adaptations of the Brontës’ novels, as well as the adapted novels of other ‘classic’ women authors such as Jane Austen, George Eliot and Elizabeth Gaskell, increasingly foreground male character in traditionally female-oriented narratives or narratives whose primary protagonist is female. This thesis brings together industrial histories, textual frames and sociocultural influences that form the wider contexts of the adaptations to demonstrate how male characterisation and different representations of masculinity are reformulated and foregrounded through three different adaptive histories of the narratives of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. Through the contours of the film and television industries, the application of text and context analysis, and wider sociocultural considerations of each period an understanding of how Rochester and Heathcliff have been transmuted and centralised within the adaptive history of the Brontë novel. |
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