Adapting Dickens · Dickens, Adaptation, and the Nineteenth-Century European Theatre

Dickens, Adaptation, and the Nineteenth-Century European Theatre

Adapting Dickens examined adaptions of the work of Charles Dickens in an European context as examples of critical translations of literary texts into new media, pedagogical forms and other languages. By exploring the dissemination and transformation of Dicken’s work in an European context the project developed new insights into the concept of adaptation which will provide important critical, theoretic and policy insights. The project focused on adaptations as expressions of critical interpretation of primary texts as they comment and translate them into new media, other languages, and for consumption by a wide array of audiences. Drawing upon the latest developments in adaptation theory and pedagogy, the project explored new venues for researching Europe’s Dickens, developing new tools for locating, interpreting, and disseminating work on Dickens and the nineteenth-century theatre. The primary project goals were to enhance pedagogical innovation and to transfer knowledge that would enhance the study of European theatre history, literary studies, and transnational cultural exchange. The project was also designed to advance the Research Fellow’s professional development. The project was designed to engage five core research, teaching, and public engagement objectives: • to identify the place of Dickens within European literary and visual culture across time; • to develop new models for approaching theatrical adaptation as trans-national translation and to understand remediation as a vehicle for the international circulation of literary texts; • to understand how visual media and performance interpret and engage the public with literary texts; • to develop and disseminate new methods for integrating adaptation and performance into the study of literature so as to relocate the mission of English as the development of active and cultural literacies; • to employ the latest methods in literary and cultural studies to develop new models for engaging the public with the humanities through the dissemination of publicly relevant research and the promotion of broader cultural literacies.

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