Multimodal Stylistic Approach to Screen Adaptations of the Work of Alice Munro

<p>This volume brings together perspectives from multimodal stylistics and adaptation studies for a unified theoretical analysis of adaptations of the work of Alice Munro demonstrating the affordances of the approach in furthering interdisciplinary research at the intersection of these fields</p><p>The book considers films and television programmes as complex multimodal stylistic systems in and of themselves in order to pave the way for a clearer understanding of screen adaptations as expressions of modal medial and aesthetic change. In focusing on Munro Francesconi draws attention to a writer whose body of work has been adapted widely across television and film for an international market over several decades offering a diachronic overview and insights into the confluence of socio-cultural contexts audiences and dynamics of production and distribution across adaptations. The volume complements this perspective with a microanalysis of the adaptations themselves exploring the varied creative use of audio-visual dimensions including sound light and movement. The book seeks to overcome simplified fidelity-based understandings of screen adaptations more broadly showcasing creative multi-layered approaches to a creator’s oeuvre to effect true transformation across media and modes.</p><p>The volume will be of interest to scholars in multimodality adaptation studies film studies and comparative literature.</p>