Category: Adaptation
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Reviewing the Facts
“Ah, but my dear sir, the why must never be obvious. That is the whole point.” Agatha Christie – Five Little Pigs As nebulous as my thesis is at the moment, I have some idea of the different aspects of detective fiction I want to focus on. The main suspect in terms of primary texts…
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Every Good Mystery Has A Satisfying Conclusion
“Communism was just a red herring.” Wadsworth – Clue (1985) Our MA programmes were tasked with creating and maintaining a scholarly blog in early October, which would ultimately culminate with this post, a portfolio of sorts tracking the progress of my writing and my development as a scholar of sorts. Now, there is nothing stopping…
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Reflections on: Textualities Mini-Conference 2023
“Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person” Sherlock Holmes – The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes I had my reservations about the mini-conference when I first heard of it all those months ago. Prior to doing my Higher Diploma in English last year, I had never really properly presented my…
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Some Parodies of Holmes
“Elementary, my dear Watson, elementary” P.G. Wodehouse – Psmith, Journalist As part of my research into Holmes literature, I have frequently come across pastiches of the character as well as more humorous parodies that have been written since Doyle’s time. Rather than trying to dissect the various elements that make up the parodies and what…
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Neo-Holmesian Fiction
Murder and cigarettes. That about summed him up Anthony Horowitz – The Twist of a Knife There is plenty to be said about the usage of the character of Sherlock Holmes in contemporary fiction, decades after the final “official” story that Conan Doyle wrote. In my research on the Sherlock Holmes character I have encountered…
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Some Thoughts on Adaptation
I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now Edna Mode – The Incredibles Why does the idea of spending time with different adaptations as well as the source material for literary works appeal to me so much? I would be hard pressed to find a clear answer to this question, so I figure…
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Adapting Brick by Brick
Where Does He Get These Unbreakable Toys? Lego Joker – Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Adapting works from one format to another can often be a difficult task. Fans of the original work will disparage any attempt to alter the work for whatever reason, as we have seen in the reception to Amazon and…