MCLC: Frankenstein cross-cultural adaptations--cfp

[Denton, Kirk]

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From: Steve Riep <steven_riep at byu.edu>
Subject: Frankenstein cross-cultural adaptations--cfp
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We are interested in including a chapter (or two) in a collection that
deals with cross-cultural adaptations of Frankenstein.  We are looking for
someone who is working with Chinese adaptations of Frankenstein. More
information and an official call for papers appear below.

We are editing a  book of new essays on the general subject of the many
ways Frankenstein has been adapted in popular culture, and we hope to have
at least one chapter on intercultural adaptations.  Paper proposals should
be around 300-450 words and should reflect current inter-textual
approaches in adaptation theory. They might ask such questions as how an
adaptation engages its source(s), our culture, and, perhaps, other
adaptations; the relevance of a particular adaptation in the context of
its time and culture; the significance of the monster¹s role as cultural
icon or matrix figure; how an adaptation changes our view of the source
text, etc. Studies on adaption such as Hutcheon, The Theory of Adaptation,
Leitch, Film Adaptation and its Discontents, Perry and Sederholm, Adapting
Poe: Re-Imaginings in Popular Culture, and Albrecht-Crane and Cutchins,
Adaptation Studies: New Approaches
<http://www.amazon.com/Adaptation-Studies-Approaches-Christa-Albrecht-Crane
/dp/0838642624/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1363385661&sr=1-1&keywords=de
nnis+cutchins> provide model adaptation studies and theory along the lines
we suggest. We expect that successful articles will be rigorous and
scholarly, but accessible to a more general audience.

Send proposals to Professors Dennis R. Perry (dperry at byu.edu)  or Dennis
Cutchins (dennis_cutchins at byu.edu) before June 30, 2013. If a proposal is
accepted then a draft of the finished article will be due January 31, 2014.