For Every Adaptation Belonging to Me as Good Belongs to You: Analyzing Intertextuality in Lauren Gunderson鈥檚 Literature-Based Plays
狈补尘别:听Brian Luck
惭补箩辞谤蝉:听English and Theatre & Dance
惭颈苍辞谤:听Education
础诲惫颈蝉辞谤蝉:听Dr. Shirley Huston-Findley and Dr. Susanna Sacks
This Independent Study explores the ways in which playwright Lauren Gunderson adapts classic literature in her plays听Toil and Trouble, which retells William Shakespeare鈥檚听Macbeth;听Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, which extends Jane Austen鈥檚听Pride and Prejudice; and听I and You, which centers Walt Whitman鈥檚 鈥淪ong of Myself.鈥 Though these plays are not direct adaptations, they use adaptation strategies to create new stories for the stage. Through the lens of adaptation theory鈥攂uilding on the work of Vincent Murphy, Linda Hutcheon, and Aristotle鈥擨 perform close-readings of the plays themselves and cross- readings alongside the original works. Through these strategies, I uncover the goals within each of Gunderson鈥檚 works and the tactics she uses to achieve them, setting me up to direct a production of听I and You,听and turning theory into praxis.
Posted in Comments Enabled, Independent Study, Symposium 2022 on April 27, 2022.
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You are such a talented human, Brian! Well done and thank you for sharing 馃檪
Good to see you (and your childhood photo 馃槈) at the English Dpt鈥檚 senior party on Wednesday, Brian! Your English Dpt family is beyond proud of your success 馃憡馃従馃檶馃従.
Congratulations Brian! Your production was fabulous! 馃檪
I love the connection between academic study, dramatic production, and sheer enjoyment of literature and drama here, Brian! Great job, and best wishes for the future.
Brian, this is such a well-presented project. Wishing you the best for what’s ahead in your life journey! Congratulations!
Awesome IS Brian! What is one thing you wish you were able to deep-dive into more?
Hi Emily! In this presentation, I really just talked about the patterns I found between the works, but each play had a lot of really interesting pieces. In my actual IS, I went really in-depth with analyzing each work, but I would have loved to spend more time analyzing the Christmas at Pemberley trilogy.
Congratulations Brian!! You are too talented and I feel really old 馃槈
Congrats Brian! So excited to learn about this part of your IS
Brian, I am so happy to read about your work, and I so admire all that you have done at 黑料社.