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Telling and Retelling
Faculty of Arts
COMPLIT 701
Telling and Retelling
Description
Most storytelling involves the reworking of existing stories. Exploration of the processes involved in retelling, including: oral transmission, rewriting in a different period or culture and adaptation from written form to cinematic or sung form. Poses questions about the psychological and social functions of retelling. Examples taken from Europe, Asia and the Pacific.
Availability 2021
Not taught in 2021
Lecturer(s)
TBA
Reading/Texts
Recommended Reading
Points
COMPLIT 701: 30.0 points