I call upon fellow english strugglers (1 Viewer)

[Shady01]

Peoples peoples.. I along with most of you are struggling with emma/clueless. I only need one simple question asked.
if you wereing going to ask Jane Austen about the transformation of Emma to "Clueless" what would you ask here?
Refer to anyhting you wish including.. style, language, audience.. watever.
*Note* I am not asking for answers just questions
Cheers
Emma-Struggler

 

[silvermoon]

well, i didn't do this module, but i assume that the main thrust of your questions would be pertaining to what extent a modern transformation of a text must retain textual integrity with the original and whether or not the director of Clueless has done so with Emma. You might also consider whether it is appropriate/necessary to transform texts (obviously the answer will most easily be 'yes', but this opens up the question of what benefits there are from transforming texts). Also, you could consider the difficulties in transforming a written text to film, a totally different stylistic genre and re-writing for a contemporary audience (which also gives you some opportunity to discuss the themes of Emma/Clueless and how they are essentially timeless and able, therefore, to be constantly transformed and up-dated). hope that helps at all. keep with it - english doesn't have to be a struggle!

 

[Shady01]

cheers champion that is exactly what i needed
thanx a heap fer that

 

[mitsui]

my thot on this module is basically

how even thou their context is vastly diff, they r essentially the same story (bring in the themes, blahbalh)

mite also throw in how something r changed DUE to context, and how both composers used irony, satire etc.