NEMLA 2002 Convention, Toronto, Canada
12-13 April
Henry James and Film
Given the recent popularity of films based on Henry James's novels -
Portrait of a Lady in 1996, Washington Square and The Wings of the Dove in
1997, and The Golden Bowl in 2000 - this panel will explore how these
translations deviate from their sources. For, as David Lodge points out,
despite the emphasis on the visual or seeing in James's fiction, it "is
inherently uncinematic, being mainly concerned with the delicate
rendering of human consciousness, with the thoughts and feelings that are
known only to the individual subject - just the dimension of human
experience that film, which deals in visible appearances and direct
speech, finds most difficult to represent with precision." This of course
leads to the question of how these translations either succeed or fail
when compared to the masterwork.
Please send 1 page abstract to
Elaine Pigeon, Universite de Montreal
Deadline: September 15, 2001.
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