Social and Political Change in Literature and Film

by Florida State University Conference on Literature and Film (16th : 1991); Chapple, Richard L.

• ISBN13: 9780813012865
• ISBN10: 0813012864
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-01-28
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Florida

Summary

It seemed only right to hold a conference on social and political change as it is reflected in literature and film. The fact that most of the scholarly presentations had nothing to do with current dramatic political events and socio-political upheavals says something about the nature of change.

Author Biography

Richard L. Chapple is professor and chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics at Florida State University.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Wim Wenders's Euro-American Construction Site: Paris, Texas Or Texas, Paris	p. 7
Double Vision: Scorsese and Hitchcock	p. 21
Transformations of Terror: Reading Changes in Social Attitudes Through Film and Television Adaptations of Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	p. 37
Decentering the Subject: David Hare's Wetherby	p. 53
Repercussions of the Civil War in the Canary Islands	p. 65
Cinema With a Future: The Development of Film in Quebec as an Authentic Expression of Quebecois Culture	p. 73
The Crack in the Facade: Social Aftershocks of Mexico's 1985 Earthquake	p. 83
Fiction Into Film: "Is Dying Hard, Daddy?" Hemingway's "Indian Camp"	p. 93
Rear Window's Lisa Freemont: Masochistic Female Spectator Or Post-War Socioeconomic Threat?	p. 109
Revolution as Theme in John Oliver Killens's Youngblood	p. 123
Index	p. 133
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