8:51 a.m.
Dear all,
Welcome to next week’s IMS seminar, where Dagmar Brunow will present her article draft,
“Towards an archival study of screenplay versions: the role of screenwriting research for
adaptation studies”. To receive the article draft, please contact Dagmar Brunow directly
on dagmar.brunow at lnu.se<mailto:dagmar.brunow at lnu.se>
Abstract:
Archival holdings help us to better understand the collaborative process involved in
screenplay development. This article mobilizes archival findings around the screenwriting
process in order to contribute to recent debates within adaptation studies (Hutcheon,
Bryant, Elliott, Elleström, Bruhn/Gjelsvik/Frisvold Hanssen, Stam, Rossholm). Setting out
to bridge the gap between screenwriting studies and adaptation studies, this article
argues that the study of screenplay versions, drafts and letters foregrounds the often
overlooked artistic process involved in developing film adaptations. This article presents
the case of the film adaption of Åsa Hanna, based on the novel of the Swedish writer,
journalist, suffragette, eco-critic and peace activist Elin Wägner (1882-1949) and the
screenplay versions by Barbro Alving (1909-1987). It studies different script versions
and ephemera at the manuscript collection at the Swedish Film Institute (Stockholm) as
well as Wägner’s notebooks, drafts and letters at KvinnSam (Göteborg). The aim of this
article is twofold: first, to contribute to adaptation studies by highlighting the role of
the screenplay and the process of screenwriting in the process of transmediation. Second,
to stress the importance of the industrial context of film production and distribution for
adaptation studies.
Claus Tieber, University of Vienna is discussant.
The seminar is, as always, on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 10.15 – 12.00 (CET) on zoom:
https://lnu-se.zoom.us/j/940933326
Best wishes,
Signe – on behalf of IMS
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Signe Kjaer Jensen
PhD student in Comparative Literature
Centre for Intermedial and Multimodal Studies (IMS)
Linnæus University
Department of Film and Literature
351 95 Växjö
Sweden
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