Filming the lost generation : F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and the art of cinematic adaptation /

dc.contributor.author Grissom, Candace en_US
dc.contributor.department English en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2014-06-20T16:13:55Z
dc.date.available 2014-06-20T16:13:55Z
dc.date.issued 2012 en_US
dc.description Adviser: Will Brantley. en_US
dc.description.abstract Lost Generation authors F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway incorporate autobiography into their writing. Through cinematic adaptations of the authors' fiction, viewers can see how filmmakers and actors integrate their own experiences into the authors' self-portrayals. This phenomenon creates a cycle of literary celebrity---a ouroboros---in which the authors' lives and cultural reputations become intertwined with that of those who adapt their works. en_US
dc.description.abstract In order to determine how film encourages the cycle of literary celebrity over time, a comprehensive list of major motion pictures inspired by Fitzgerald and Hemingway is examined. The goal is to determine what circumstances produce the most cohesive film adaptations of fiction by authors with well-known public personas. A six-question approach is used to signify an adaptation in which the artistic visions of the original author and film production team converge in a manner that seems thematically consistent and contextually plausible. en_US
dc.description.abstract This approach advocates incorporation of authorial autobiography and temporally relevant historical, political, psychological, and socio-cultural details as the primary source for filmable content outside the original text. Consideration is given to the effectiveness of three adaptation styles: faithful conversion, updated interpretation, and thematic revision. Two new film treatments are provided to suggest how cohesive cinematic adaptations might be developed for future markets. en_US
dc.description.degree Ph.D. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/3890
dc.publisher Middle Tennessee State University en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 Film adaptations en_US
dc.subject.lcsh American fiction 20th century Film adaptations en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Film adaptations History and criticism en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Literature, American en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Cinema en_US
dc.thesis.degreegrantor Middle Tennessee State University en_US
dc.thesis.degreelevel Doctoral en_US
dc.title Filming the lost generation : F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and the art of cinematic adaptation / en_US
dc.type Dissertation en_US
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