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Learning intention: To identify the key terms and explain the focus of the unit in writing.  

Activity: 

Read through the Module Description with the class. Ask them to write down what they are expecting to study in this unit and to write down any key terms in a list under the heading “Metalanguage”. 

This module is an exploration of intertextuality, specifically in the forms of adaptation and appropriation. Students will explore how art creates art, or how literature is made by literature. Recognising and understanding intertextuality leads to a much richer reading experience which invites new interpretations as it brings another context, idea, story into the text at hand. Students will engage in close study of a prose fiction text and visual adaptation/appropriation in film or television. 

Through their analysis and exploration of specific stylistic elements, they will uncover new layers of meaning as they make connections between texts to understand the continuity of texts and of cultures. These connections mean that they are engaging with a broader literary heritage than just a discrete text. Their exploration of intertextuality also invites them to revisit text across social and historical contexts to gain new insights into meaning for our time. 

They will engage in critical thinking and problematic knowledge as the study raises questions about the nature of authorship and originality as texts may be seen as ‘composed’ from pre-existing elements rather than ‘created’. By examining the deliberate compositional choices of composers, students will develop their understanding of why composers consciously select and reject different codes and conventions and how this can be a marker of a particular author, historical period or genre.

 Through various forms of responding, they will also examine how these choices vary according to social and cultural contexts, mode and medium. Through examining these nuances in expression, students develop their own style that can be applied to their own texts. By developing their understanding of the effectiveness of the codes and conventions of both prose fiction and visual texts to apply to their own compositions, they will understand that intertextuality is intrinsic to composition and response. 

Adaptation 

Appropriation  

Intertextuality 

Authorship 

Context 

Recontextualise 

Explicit 

Inferred 

Implied 

Plagiarism 

Originality 

Director 

Cinematography